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Not long after receiving its first passing grade for ozone pollution from the American Lung Association, Fulton County is one of five Georgia counties that need to reduce soot in the air because the Environmental Protection Agency finalized stronger standards.

The EPA tightens regulations on fine particle pollution, a deadly form of air pollution that disproportionately affects Black Americans.

The U.S. Environmental Protection has toughened standards for soot pollution in a move that aims to crack down on industry, clean up the air and increase public health.

New limits on lung-damaging soot proposed by President Joe Biden’s administration would effectively require cleaner factories, power plants and vehicles in several urban industrial centers across the Midwest.

The tighter air pollution standard had been long sought by health and environmental justice groups, but has faced criticism from manufacturing and construction industry associations.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has strengthened its standard for deadly air pollution. The EPA tightened the standard for fine particulate matter, also known as PM2.5. But many air quality advocates hoped for a tighter standard, while West Virginia industry leaders view the move as too onerous.

The tighter air pollution standard was long sought by health and environmental justice groups but faced criticism from manufacturing and construction industry associations.

New limits on lung-damaging soot proposed by President Joe Biden’s administration would effectively require cleaner factories, power plants and vehicles in Chicago and several other urban industrial centers across the Midwest. At the urging of his independent scientific advisers, Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is pushing to lower the annual standard ...

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized stricter rules for fine particle pollution, or soot, following years of pushback from industry and the Trump administration.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced stricter standards for fine particle pollution, which can lead to deadly illnesses.