NYT: Report by E.P.A. Offers Heartening News on Summertime Air

[DeepModem Mom]

Report by E.P.A. Offers Heartening News on Summertime Air
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: August 19, 2005


WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 - A new report by the Environmental Protection Agency says ozone levels are falling in 19 Eastern states where bad air is common in the summer.

The reduction reflects what agency officials describe as a significant decline in emissions of nitrogen oxides, whose reaction with sunlight, other weather conditions and volatile organic chemicals can make the air hard to breathe in the warmer months.

The report says that last year, nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants and other large sources of combustion in the 19 states, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, were 30 percent below 2003 levels and 50 percent below those of 2000. The result, it says, was a four-year reduction in ozone of about 10 percent.

Jeffrey R. Holmstead, who is stepping down on Friday as the agency's assistant administrator for air and radiation, said that "this is a very significant reduction of ozone concentration" and that it offers reassurance "that what we're working on is the effective way to go."

Mr. Holmstead was referring to the cap-and-trade approach to emission reduction, which is favored by the Bush administration, rather than the Clinton administration's absolute cap, which remains favored by environmentalists....


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/19/politics/19enviro.html

[tanyev]

1. How did they come up with those numbers?

The same way they came up with the numbers that show the economy is strong, strong, strong and the deficit is falling, falling, falling?

[OKthatsIT]

4. yeahhh...that's the ticket. Coz we said so, NE should breath deeply

I noticed the Chemtrails this morning..EVERYHERE.

- Central Mass

[slay]

2. That's like saying I'd have 10 percent less cancer

than I did in 2000 - but I'd still have cancer. It's a good step, but we need to do more - way more. 19 states isn't even half the country. What about the other 31?

[Javaman]

3. more bullshit from the ministry of truth...

[Tempest]

5. And in related news

The EPA announced today that drinking raw sewage is good for you.

[Toots]

6. The Bush* Administration is not Credible

It matters not what comes from them as it is not believable. Even if they were to say the sky is blue I would not believe them. They would have some ulterior motive.

[kestrel91316]

7. The air is going to get REALLY clean soon, when nobody can afford

to drive their cars anymore.