EPA tries to appease green groups mad about ozone rules

By Kyle Feldscher

Published October 1, 2015 6:59pm ET

EPA tries to appease green groups mad about ozone rules — A Sierra Club volunteer Becky Williams uses a megaphone in Little Rock, Ark., at a rally against a coal-fired power plant near a large inflatable depicting a hand holding an asthma inhaler.Â Ozone is the primary component in smog and typically concentrates in high population areas. It particularly affects people with asthma, children and the elderly.Â Â (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File) | Danny Johnston

The Environmental Protection Agency heard calls from business groups to leave the ozone standard alone and shouts from environmental groups to drastically lower it.

In the end, the EPA angered everyone.

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