The EPA said Utah’s ozone pollution was harming public health. Industry groups pushed the state to blame China instead.

The EPA said Utah’s ozone pollution was harming public health. Industry groups pushed the state to blame China instead.

But according to data from air quality monitoring stations, ozone levels were not substantially reduced before that deadline. Instead, fossil fuel and mining industry groups in Utah waged a campaign to pressure state regulators and elected officials to shift blame for the problem away from local polluters and onto China and its neighbors in Asia in what environmentalists say is an attempt to avoid federal regulations.

The Biden Presidency – a Disaster in the Making

Now there’s no way to sugar coat this picture. Biden’s victory doesn’t represent the end of an era chaos, but merely a new chapter. Those who want to avert the worst case scenario need to be working to unify a coalition of the sane; a strain of opposition that doesn’t fall for the left / right paradigm trap; a contingent that’s not so naive to believe that they can vote their way out of this mess.

The Biden Presidency – a Disaster in the Making