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...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...
...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...
When millions across America celebrated the first Earth Day 30 years ago, our focus understandably was our own backyard. Our rivers were catching on fire, and our skylines were disappearing behind a veil of smog. America's remarkable environmental progress in the years since is powerful testament to our national will, our technological prowess and our faith in a better future. Protecting the environment is today a bedrock American value, as important to us as safe neighborhoods and good schools. What's more, three decades of experience have proved the naysayers wrong. Tending to the environment has not weakened...
...Gore needs to say something. The American people have shown a broad bipartisan concern for the environment. Texas Gov. George W. Bush was governor when Dallas won the dubious honor of being named the smog capital of America. Bush may have a worthy response to this accusation, but under our current money-guided politics, we'll never know. Nobody is moving this issue to the front-and-center...
...required in all 2004 models, will be helped along by the EPA's strict new directive to refiners: Reduce the sulfur content in gasoline by 90 percent. This two-prong approach is critical, because cars using gas with lower sulfur levels produce less pollution - and make automakers' anti-smog adjustments more effective...