Word: smog
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...companies could simply keep prices high to increase their profits. Furthermore, even if the plan succeeds at lowering oil prices, it will lower prices on all oil products, not just heating oil. This means that prices at the pump--which are justifiably high given the negative effects of smog and other environmental effects of auto pollution--will fall along with heating oil. This means that SUV and luxury car drivers--people who burn a lot of fuel for no good reason--will benefit as much as poor and middle-class families trying to heat their houses this winter...
...protecting the nation from air pollution. And it is widely anticipated that Justice Scalia will side with the 19th century, preventing the Environmental Protection Agency from applying scientific data to tackle our complex air pollution problems. Last year, a lower federal court struck down new, greatly improved soot and smog standards. Will the Supreme Court allow us to keep our air clean? While the question hangs in the air, pollution burns the lungs of people suffering from asthma...
...quality in cities across the nation - and hands failing grades to nearly half. Those receiving F's include a broad cluster of California cities, as well as many other, less predictable metropolitan areas like Birmingham, Ala., and Wilmington, Del. Leaping to the defense of recent, tougher anti-smog regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency has already criticized the report, claiming the ALA rankings, while technically accurate, don't represent the efforts of many pollution-prone cities, like Los Angeles, to improve overall air quality, and, indeed, may serve to undermine their endeavors...
Obviously, the ALA is not interested in whether it is hurting anyone's feelings - it just wants to ensure that city dwellers have clean air to breathe. Responding to EPA criticism, officials at the Lung Association insist their analysis and report card serves to focus valuable public attention on smog's burgeoning threat to the elderly and young, as well as to asthma sufferers of all ages. Many in the medical community tend to agree. "Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics...
...they might just take in the breathtaking views. Bill Jensen and his wife Carol moved to Sequim from Long Beach, Calif., to get away from traffic, crime and smog, something Bill never forgets when he looks outside and gazes on the Olympics. "Every day when I eat breakfast, I sit facing those mountains," he says. "Three years, and I'm still not tired of looking at them." --By Todd Murphy/Portland...