ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, SEPTEMBER 27 – OCTOBER 6

EPA DELAYS HOUSTON’S DEADLINE FOR CLEAN AIR TO 2019 Houston Chronicle 10/1/08 Houston’s persistent smog problem is worse than bad. It’s severe. At the request of Gov. Rick Perry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted the eight-county Houston region an extra nine years to meet federal health standards for smog-forming ozone by formally classifying the problem as “severe.”…