{"id":158945795,"date":"2010-01-14T15:36:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T15:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=158945795"},"modified":"2010-01-14T15:36:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T15:36:35","slug":"epa-air-chief-we-need-to-do-more-to-reduce-vmt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=158945795","title":{"rendered":"EPA Air Chief: We Need to Do More to Reduce VMT"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Elana Schor
\nObama administration officials "need to align together" to work on reducing the nation’s total vehicle miles traveled — work that should go beyond a pending congressional climate bill — the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) air-quality chief said today.
\nGinaMcCarthy.jpgGina McCarthy, EPA’s top air pollution regulator. (Photo: CECE)
\nGina McCarthy, EPA’s assistant administrator for air and radiation, acknowledged in a speech at EMBARQ’s transportation conference that her agency as "less effective" working alone on crafting strategies to cut VMT.
\nMcCarthy called for federal agencies to work together on a coordinated approach to transportation policy that makes economic and environmental factors an essential part of the mix.
\n"When we say transportation, everybody thinks ‘car’," McCarthy said. "That’s a challenge for us as individuals, as a society — and clearly it’s a challenge for me, as someone who’s supposed to deliver clean air to breathe."
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by Elana Schor Obama administration officials "need to align together" to work on reducing the nation’s total vehicle miles traveled — work that should go beyond a pending congressional climate bill — the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) air-quality chief said today. GinaMcCarthy.jpgGina McCarthy, EPA’s top air pollution regulator. (Photo: CECE) Gina McCarthy, EPA’s assistant administrator … <\/p>\n

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