Summary Box: EPA flunks 223 counties&#39; air
303607
BAD AIR: The government says 223 counties in 20 states and the District of Columbia flunk new air quality health standards because of airborne soot.
265990
LOS ANGELES Nov 4, 2004 - With a little help from good weather, air in the Los Angeles was the cleanest on record this year, regulators said Thursday.
180650
Air pollution built to unhealthy levels around the upper Midwest, a wintertime rarity caused by the absence of strong wind, and problems were expected to continue Thursday for children and other sensitive groups.
582471
Automakers, SUV owners, and the federal government may balk at the state&#39;s latest effort to curb air pollution. By Daniel B. Wood | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
362032
The fine grit in polluted air boosts the risk of heart disease in older women much more powerfully than scientists realized, a big federally funded study has found, raising questions of whether U.S. environmental standards are strict enough.
580286
Air quality in the Los Angeles basin this year has been the best in 25 years, largely because of a fluke in the weather. But by virtually all measures, the region, the
457223
By MICHAEL GORMLEY  ALBANY, N.Y. - More than a dozen states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to lower soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the state officials argue would save thousands of lives.
377102
By Paul Burgarino  Representatives from one of the worst air pollution regions in California voted last week to join the state in a possible lawsuit against the federal Environmental Protection Agency concerning emissions regulations for newer-model cars.
396648
The US Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that Birmingham has failed to meet new air pollution rules for fine particles that are linked to lung and heart disease and cancer.
169690
Environmental activists on Thursday said more stringent air-quality regulations are needed for oil refineries along the Gulf Coast, a region densely populated with petroleum industry plants.
741611
When it comes to forests, air pollution is not an equal opportunity hazard. While dirty air spreads across large areas of the New England region, it's more scattered in the southeastern part of the United States.
627167
LOS ANGELES - Concentrations of one of the most dangerous air pollutants have declined in most of the country in the last five years, especially in Southern California and the Southeast, according to a report released by the US Environmental Protection
190395
By Marni Pyke  mpyke@@dailyherald.com  DuPage County leaders hope to clear the air concerning long- standing questions about courthouse ventilation.
625708
By Curtis Killman, Tulsa World, Okla.  Mar. 8--Oklahoma environmental regulators are shortchanging themselves  millions of dollars annually in permit fees levied against large air  polluters, a nonprofit group claims.
452271
National data released by the US Environmental Protection Agency today reveals that several Southern California metropolitan areas have seen a sharp decrease in the amount of fine particle pollution contributing to local air quality problems over the past
416697
About a third of all Americans live in counties that do not meet standards for particles of pollution that cause thousands of premature deaths a year, the E.P.A. said.
394448
Researchers reported that children and teenagers in Southern California communities with higher levels of air pollution were more likely to have diminished lung function.