Obama halts controversial EPA regulation

Published: September 2, 2011
Tags: Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Lisa Jackson, Obama, ozone

By DINA CAPPIELLO and 
JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday scrapped his administration’s controversial plans to tighten smog rules, bowing to the demands of congressional Republicans and some business leaders. Obama overruled the Environmental Protection Agency — and the unanimous opinion of its independent panel of scientific advisers — [...]