Birmingham, AL, just ranked fourth in the list of cites with worst air pollution int he US.
Why, then, do we not have emissions inspections? Why, then, do we have some of the laxest restrictions on industrial air pollution production in the nation? Why are our children getting asthma at alarmingly increasing rates? Why is it legal for a car to drive down the road spewing a huge cloud of black, toxic smoke?
"Why", you ask? The business lobby... in conjunction with an apathetic population.
The strategy of Government officials in Alabama is to stay just below Federal limits on air pollution in order to avoid Federally enforced restrictions. Maybe we should all just let our V-8's idle all day in downtown Bham.
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