Post by Logan on Feb 16, 2016 3:15:21 GMT -6
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown acknowledged on Monday that the public had lost confidence in the environmental regulators who report to her and promised a fix for Portland's newly discovered air pollution hot spots.
"I want all Oregonians to know that I take these issues extremely seriously," Brown said, "and that I am establishing an open, science-based effort to begin to restore confidence in this critical area of government."
Yet even as the governor pushed for greater transparency from state environmental regulators in a Monday morning meeting in Salem, the agency continued to delay the release of pollution maps that could show other newly discovered hot spots, the latest example of information being slowly shared with alarmed city residents.
Brown, in a prepared statement, focused on shortcomings in law as well as on the swiftness of the state's response to the air pollution scare in Portland. She said state and federal regulation was "clearly inadequate to assure the public that their health is being protected."
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/02/governor_kate_brown_intervenes.html#incart_big-photo
"I want all Oregonians to know that I take these issues extremely seriously," Brown said, "and that I am establishing an open, science-based effort to begin to restore confidence in this critical area of government."
Yet even as the governor pushed for greater transparency from state environmental regulators in a Monday morning meeting in Salem, the agency continued to delay the release of pollution maps that could show other newly discovered hot spots, the latest example of information being slowly shared with alarmed city residents.
Brown, in a prepared statement, focused on shortcomings in law as well as on the swiftness of the state's response to the air pollution scare in Portland. She said state and federal regulation was "clearly inadequate to assure the public that their health is being protected."
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/02/governor_kate_brown_intervenes.html#incart_big-photo