EPA to retreat on smog reduction WASHINGTON AP) - Stung by adverse court decisions, the Environmental Protection Agency shifted strategy Monday and announced a scaled-back plan to cut smog-causing pollution from electric power plants, especially coal burning plants in the Ohio Valley. EPA Administrator Carol Browner said she remained optimistic about the appeal of two recent court decisions that threatened the agency's new air quality standards for smog and fine soot and put a freeze on regulations to curtail cross-state pollution. But Browner said another approach was needed as insurance to guarantee that drifting pollution from Midwest power plants into the Northeast is curtailed as planned. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559935954-89b>
