What action is being taken by New Hampshire and other Northeast states?
The Northeast states have petitioned EPA to require dirty power plants and large industrial facilities throughout the eastern half of the United States to reduce their emissions of nitrogen oxides (“NOx”), the key ingredient of ozone smog and an important contributor to many other health and environmental problems, including fine particulate matter, acid rain, regional haze, and global climate change. The Northeast states are already making similar reductions and may need to do more. We can’t afford to have these efforts compromised by pollution blown in from upwind. The legal basis of the Northeast states’ petitions is Section 126 of the Clean Air Act.
