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Vowing to continue the fight against air pollution, Carol Browner, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), proposed an increased commitment to reduce national levels of pollutants in the air last night at the Kennedy School of Government's Arco Forum...
Before a crowd of approximately 300 people, Browner discussed recent EPA proposals that call for a revision of the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter and ground level ozone--better known as soot and smog...
Last week, two days before a court-ordered deadline, the EPA made its move. In a decision that EPA chief Carol Browner calls one of the most important of her career, the agency proposed tough new standards on both particulates and ground-level ozone, a major component of smog. The standards will save 20,000 lives a year, according to the EPA. Under the new rules, however, dozens of cities that meet the requirements of the current Clean-Air Act would suddenly fall out of compliance...
President Clinton signed an executive order that requires companies seeking to do business with the federal government to report toxic chemical emissions. "This is an insurance policy," said Carol Browner,Environmental Protection Agencychief. "The idea is to prevent another Love Canal," says TIME's Andrea Dorfman. The move by the President is seen by some political observers as a response to the GOP's attempt last week in the house to weaken right-to-know laws...
...increasingly shrill battle overGOP efforts to roll back environmental regulations, EPA head Carol Browner warned local officials late Wednesday that one in 10 Americans drinks from a water system that violates public health standards. "We cannot take the safety of our drinking water for granted," Browner told a group of local officials. "More remains to be done." GOP House members want to do less. Hours earlier, a subcommittee voted to gut the long-sacred Clean Water Act, which protects lakes, rivers and streams from pollution.TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompsonnotes that Browner, whom Republicans are now attacking for running a "partisan...