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The Biden administration is proposing tougher standards for a deadly air pollutant, saying that reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.

The Biden administration is proposing tougher standards for a deadly air pollutant, saying that reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.

A new rule would, for the first time in a decade, reduce emissions of soot that disproportionately harm communities of color.

Proposal sets out lower limits for soot, which is estimated to cause early deaths of thousands of Americans each year

For the first time since 2012, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing an update to the federal air quality standard for fine soot -- a long-awaited step to reduce

The Biden administration wants to reduce soot pollution levels and possibly prevent thousands of premature deaths annually.

The president of the American Lung Association says a Biden administration proposal to lower the limits for a deadly air pollutant doesn't go far enough

The Environmental Protection Agency says the U.S. needs to implement tougher standards to control soot pollution in the air, which can kill thousands of people a year when inhaled.

Business groups say plan could 'stifle manufacturing'; environmental, public health groups say it doesn't go far enough

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is proposing lower limits for a deadly air pollutant, saying tougher standards for soot from tailpipes, smokestacks