Environmentalists Eye Biden EPA To Revitalize Regional Haze Air Program

Environmentalists are looking to the Biden administration to push for more significant reductions in haze-forming air emissions when states submit their second round of pollution-cutting compliance plans this summer under EPA’s regional haze program, after the Trump administration eased haze controls in some states. EPA’s haze program aims to restore visibility to natural conditions in “Class I” national parks and wilderness areas by 2064, requiring states to submit implementation plans at specific intervals detailing the emissions reductions strategies that they...