House Republicans Step Up Opposition To EPA’s Tough New PM NAAQS

House Republicans are stepping up their opposition to EPA’s tough new air quality standard for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), advancing legislation that would broadly curb future agency decisions to tighten such standards and offering a resolution to rescind the new standard -- though prospects for both appear dim in the current Congress. At a House Energy & Commerce environment subcommittee markup March 6, the panel voted along party lines to advance a draft bill, the “Air Quality Standards Implementation Act...