Each year, the American Lung Association ranks the air quality of the country’s largest metro areas. And this year’s State of the Air report has good news for Monroe County. The Lung Association gave the county high marks on its air quality. The county received an A grade for ground level ozone, and a B […]
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Federal regulations for smog-causing pollutants still uncertain
For decades, New York has had more stringent emissions regulations than other states. It’s been state government’s way of trying to improve air quality. But air moves, which complicates such efforts. Emissions from other states will drift in to New York, making their pollution this state’s problem. Former Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued Midwestern power […]
