All Posts Tagged With: "Bush administration"

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How Politics Can Mess Up a Perfectly Good Environment

Here’s just one example. If you breath air, you might want to take a look.
The Bush administration and EPA have developed a reputation for interfering with resultant policy based on scientific research.
The latest-
March 11th, 2008 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proudly announces that it has reduced ground level ozone ( smog […]

17May2008 | User ImageLisa | 5 comments | Continued
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Sparks Fly Between White House and EPA Over Recent Smog Standard Reduction

I hate to wish the summer away, but the November presidential elections can’t come fast enough for me.
The recent lowering of the smog standard sounded good initially (see my recent article.) The EPA lowered ground level ozone (smog) standards from 80 ppb to 75 ppb. 4000 lives per year would be saved, […]

11Apr2008 | User ImageLisa | 4 comments | Continued
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New USEPA Smog Regulation Could Lower Your Health Bills, and Even Save Your Life

If you’re one of the growing population of asthma sufferers, you’ll be glad to hear that the US EPA has announced it will lower the ground level ozone- aka smog- standards from 80 parts per billion (ppb) to 75 parts per billion.
The move could save 4000 lives per year, and 19 billion dollars in health […]

13Mar2008 | User ImageLisa | 5 comments | Continued