Summary:
Recent flooding in the area has caused a problem with gasoline; it just isn't clean anymore. The EPA is now trying out their new Clean Air Act to temporarily dissmiss the clean gasoline requirements for certain areas of PA. In doing this, it allows gasoline to be distributed with flexibility. Until a normal supply of gasoline can be brought there, this waiver will remain effective. Though this will be a short term waiver, people are concerned about air quality. This is why only certain types of gasoline are being granted the permission to do this.
Reflection:
I had no idea that the flooding had this sort of impact in PA. I didn't hear about any of this in the news or anything. I think that the situation is being handled the correct way. Though people should be talking about these things more.
Questions:
How is it that some people don't know what goes on in their own state?
Why was this not covered in some sort of news?
How could we take this oppertunity to make
Hmm, this does not sound like the best idea. This not only means that PA will have air quality problems, but so will the surrounding areas since air pollution travels
ReplyDeleteI thought this article was very interesting and I'm surprised that I had not heard this before. I don't see why this wouldn't be on the news. It could be a serious potential health risk and people have the right to know. On top of that I never knew flooding could cause problems with gasoline. If I had not heard about this article I may have never found out. I think this is an opportunity to show that we need to rely on other sources of information other than the news to find out what goes on where we live.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think the news found it unecessary to report this problem?
I agree with all of you; I think that this should have been put on the news, but I also think that the situation is being handled correctly. Us Americans rely on gasoline for our cars and we would pretty much do anything to make sure that we have it, clean or not! To answer Kathy's question, "How is it that some people don't know what goes on in their own state", all of us did not know that this was happening because it hasn't been in the news. Other than that, the only other way for us to know would be people telling other people and the word would spread.
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