Air Quality Standards Don’t Apply to All Populations, Says Oil Industry

There will likely be some part of a population that cannot be guaranteed good air quality even with the proposed changes.

Thick fog blankets the playground at Lake Wichita Park in Wichita Falls, Texas, on March 11, 2015. AP Photo/Wichita Falls Times Record News, Torin Halsey

The American Petroleum Institute (API), a national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry, wants the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to retain current air quality standards, rather than make proposed changes.

Current standards protect public health and welfare with an adequate margin of safety.

— American Petroleum Institute