NORTH AMERICAN AIR OFFICIALS EYE POLLUTION DATABASE REFORMS FOR EPA

Officials at EPA and the environment agencies of Canada and Mexico are recommending that North America develop an annual air emissions inventory, arguing the current system provides outdated information that makes it difficult for local authorities to develop effective pollution-reduction strategies. The recommendation was part of a briefing given by the officials at an April 11 meeting in Las Vegas of the North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO). Emission inventories are the basis of cap-and-trade programs for reducing...