The Los Angeles area is unlikely to make a deadline set for themselves in 2015 to clean coot from their air. The chief smog-fighting agency recently approved a plan to change their deadline for cleaning the soot out of the air, blaming the drought in California for the lack of decline in fine particle pollution. The agency will likely ask for an extension up to the year of 2017. With this extension being approved by a 10-1 vote, many air quality experts are up in arms saying that Southern California needs to do more and by missing this deadline it shows that not enough is being done, despite their being a drought.
I am disappointed that California is extending their deadlines and making excuses for this extremely important issue. The issue of smog is extremely relevant to southern Californian’s and it’s visibility, although decreasing is absolutely disgusting. While I understand the drought likely played a role in the original deadline not being met, I would like to see more statistics on their progress rather than just extending their deadline. I hope by the end of next year the new deadline will be met so they can continue to decrease the smog levels in Southern California.
It is a disappointment that they are not going to make the deadline, however if the drought is actually causing the problem like they claim i think there is some room for an understanding. i will be waiting to see if they meet this new deadline and then reevaluate.
I do not agree with a lot of the decisions that people in power come up with now a days and how they don’t care about the public but only about whats better for them. This article shows us how much people in power care about us, as the public.
I have seen this same issue of extending deadlines occurring in the situation of the current drought in California and our dwindling supply of drinking water, which I did my adopt-a-topic on. People are refusing to ration, and it is detrimental to our future. These actions (both with drinking water and smog) are futile.