WASHINGTON-AREA LEADERS FORM NEW PANEL TO ADDRESS AIR QUALITY

The governors of Maryland and Virginia and the mayor of Washington, D.C., have formed a new, cabinet-level interstate air quality council designed to address transported pollution, and to improve air quality in one of the most polluted regions of the country. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed May 31 by Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Gov. Mark Warner (D-VA) and D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams (D) creates the new council to work with the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee (MWAQC) which has...