EPA issues new rules to reduce smog

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The EPA issued new rules requiring power plants, steel mills, and other facilities to cut pollution by one million tons annually to reduce haze in national parks and wilderness areas. Ulla Reeves of SACE's Asheville office criticized the rules as inadequate, stating they do not guarantee modernization of outdated power plants and rely on average improvements rather than concrete local benchmarks. Environmental groups including SACE and the Sierra Club argued the rules are too weak to protect national parks like the Great Smoky Mountains.