Group mobilizes Democrats opposed to EPA ozone plan

摘要

Early this year, Gary, Ind., Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson was among several local officials whornurged U.S. EPA to set a more stringent national ambient air quality standard for ozone.rnBut the closure of one of U.S. Steel Corp.'s coke plants caused the Democratic mayor to takern"another look" at EPA's proposal to tighten the standard. The closure spurred job losses andrntook a bite out of Gary's tax revenue, so Freeman-Wilson wrote in a July opinion piece that shernworried a lower ozone limit would have a similar effect.