Polluters Beware

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I’ve often wondered if EPA actually stands for Environmental Pillaging Act, so contrary to environmental protection are the policies and recommendations that oftenย come from this governmentย organization.

However, in a victory for environmentalists, the US Appeals Court ruled against not allowing states to tighten up air qualityย standards.

From 1990 when the Clean Air Act was introduced, to 2006, states were allowed to monitor industrial facilities, making sure that they weren’t breaching any pollution level laws. Then W and his administration decided thatย ensuring pollution levels don’t exceed acceptable limits was a bad idea and introduced new rules kyboshing the monitoring, essentially leaving polluting facilities unchecked. (Even for the most hardened skeptic this seems to lack basic common senseย non?)

The tide turned however, when yesterdayย the US Appeals court re-instated the mandatory monitoring ofย industrial facilities,ย returning power to the states to regulate. According to the Wall Street Journal, the agency has aย poor track record in overturning appeals court decisions so let’s hope that trend continues. In the spirit of the Olympics – enviros 1 – polluters –ย 0.

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