“What they’re saying is that old people...
“What they’re saying is that old people and children, who are most sensitive to air pollution, will have to wait until the second decade of the next century and hope the air will be breathable then.”
--Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) on the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to give Los Angeles another 25 years to comply with federal clean air standards.
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