To Enable Air Waivers, EPA Rescinds International Emissions Guidance

EPA has rescinded its guidance on when states can discount air pollution from foreign countries to avoid being “bumped up” to worsened “nonattainment” with federal air standards, in a move that clears the way for Western states, including some that have Democratic leaders, to avoid such bump-ups, and resulting pollution control mandates. “Americans should not be harmed by other countries that do not have the same environmental standards we have in the United States,” said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, announcing...