University Findings On Air Pollution And Drought May Prompt EPA Research

New university research that links drifting air pollutants to drought throughout the West could bolster calls within EPA's research office to study the growing body of scientific evidence linking this pollution to broader disruptions in weather patterns, agency sources say. Government officials say that if research suggesting weather patterns are at risk from transported air emissions is borne out, it could prompt EPA to propose more stringent pollution control measures than are called for in its proposal to curb long-range...