The tighter air pollution standard had been long sought by health and environmental justice groups, but has faced criticism from manufacturing and construction industry associations.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has strengthened its standard for deadly air pollution. The EPA tightened the standard for fine particulate matter, also known as PM2.5. But many air quality advocates hoped for a tighter standard, while West Virginia industry leaders view the move as too onerous.
The tighter air pollution standard was long sought by health and environmental justice groups but faced criticism from manufacturing and construction industry associations.
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New limits on lung-damaging soot proposed by President Joe Biden’s administration would effectively require cleaner factories, power plants and vehicles in Chicago and several other urban industrial centers across the Midwest. At the urging of his independent scientific advisers, Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is pushing to lower the annual standard .