The Environmental Protection Agency will lower the amount of ozone allowed in the atmosphere in an announcement this afternoon.
Environmental groups said the new National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone will be 70 parts per billion, down from 75 parts per billion. It’s the first tightening of the ozone standard since 2008.
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