The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced it will get rid of a policy that would have reclassified the Valley’s air pollution status into a worse level. By not including the region in the “serious nonattainment” category, environmental officials here will get more leeway to prove that at least some of our air quality problems are caused by pollution coming here from other countries, including Mexico.
EPA officials visited the Valley this spring; during those meetings, some officials had asked for the change.
Greg Blackie is deputy director of policy for the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, which supports the change, and joined The Show to discuss…