The Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Thursday to make laws concerning smog and pollution in cities much stricter in order to lead to better health for many US citizens. The Obama administration has done much to help the environment by changing the laws made during the Bush administration, but as a NY Times editorial puts it:
"[A] few bad rules linger on the books, among them an inadequate health standard governing harmful ozone, which most people call smog."The environmental laws made during the Bush administration were considered by state officials as too weak to protect human health. Now, Obama wants there to be no more than 0.065 parts per million of ground-level ozone phasing in during the next 20 years. In addition to this, a seasonal law will be put into place to prevent the environment from continuous exposure to these malicious molecules.
Finding a way to cut out all the pollutants in the air will lead way to large, green businesses (provided they take the opportunity). Now all we have to do is find a large enough incentive...
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