INSPECTOR GENERAL FINDS LITTLE PROGRESS ON SMOG REDUCTION

EPA's inspector general (IG) is out with a Sept. 29 report criticizing the agency and states for failing to reduce ozone precursor emissions in several major cities, prolonging urban problems with smog and related health problems. The IG finds EPA has seriously delayed cleanup of dangerous air pollution by letting cities postpone legally required cleanups. The report finds most of the nation's smoggiest cities have shown no significant improvement in the past decade; at least 21 of 25 cities have...