Perry rips proposed new smog limits
DALLAS -- Gov. Rick Perry is ripping the proposed new stricter federal health standards for smog. He said they would kill jobs without improving human health.
Perry has long been a critic of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He said the agency's ozone standards proposal is based on "flawed science."
The EPA updated the standards to replace a Bush-era limit that ran counter to scientific recommendations. The new limits would put dozens of Texas counties in violation of the Clean Air Act.
The Houston and Dallas areas have never met Clean Air Act requirements for ozone pollution. Now, other areas will also find themselves out of compliance, including those around San Antonio, Austin, El Paso and Tyler.
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