PBS

EPA to delay setting air quality standards despite advisory panel recommendation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone — better known as smog — despite a recommendation by a scientific ...
Forbes

Are The Proposed EPA Air Quality Standards Strong Enough To Tackle Pollution?

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 03: Drivers use the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane (C), also called the diamond or commuter lane, at sunset on the 118 or Ronald Reagan Freeway on February 3, 2005 near ...

Wildfires reverse decade of ozone cleanup in the United States, study reveals

Ozone pollution has worsened in much of the continental United States over the past decade, fueled by wildfires and the ...
PBS

EPA proposes tougher air quality standards for deadly soot pollution

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing tougher standards for a deadly air pollutant, saying that reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of ...
Medical Xpress

Environmental protection agency finalizes stronger air quality standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has introduced a tougher air quality standard that takes aim at fine particulate matter by lowering the allowable annual concentration of the deadly pollutant ...
CNN

EPA proposes new rule to crack down on deadly air pollution

For the first time since 2012, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing an update to the federal air quality standard for fine soot – a long-awaited step to reduce deadly air pollution. The ...
Science Daily

Blueprint for mandating indoor air quality for public buildings in form of standards

A group of international experts has presented a blueprint for national indoor quality standards for public buildings. The experts addressed setting standards for three key indoor pollutants -- carbon ...
Los Angeles Times

Your air quality may be more dangerous than your phone is telling you. The EPA is fine with that

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent adoption of a more stringent annual limit on fine particulate matter, or soot, fulfills an overdue obligation to curb a pervasive and deadly type of ...