EPA Creates New Air Quality Standards

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The Environmental Protection Agency is under fire from Congress for failing to move forward on regulating greenhouse emissions from motor vehicles. The head of the EPA, Stephen Johnson, told Congress that he needs more time to think about the complexity of the issue. This comes as the EPA enacted ozone air-pollution standards that many scientists and environmentalists say are weak.  FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.