Environmentalists Warn EPA’s International Waivers Threaten Air Quality

Environmentalists are warning that EPA’s new policy easing states’ ability to win regulatory waivers for international air pollution is a deliberate attempt to “hamstring” air pollution reductions, and that it may enable states far from international borders to avoid taking tougher measures to attain federal air quality standards. In its Nov. 19 proposed approval of an Arizona demonstration that the Phoenix area would have met federal ozone standards “but for” international air pollution, EPA announced a more flexible policy on...