EPA has tightened its target for deadly particle pollution − states need more tools to reach it
- Written by Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Tens of millions of Americans, including many Texans like me, live in counties that will soon be violating air pollution particle standards for the first time. It’s not that our air is getting dirtier – it’s because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just tightened its cap on the deadliest air pollutant: fine particulate...