You’d think that tougher standards for toxic pollution in the air we breathe would be an easy sell, especially here in Portland.
But Mary Peveto of Neighbors for Clean Air tells me there’s a lot of frustration after what people heard at last night’s meeting put on by Oregon DEQ.
Mary Peveto remembers the moment she became a clean air activist.
The NW Portland resident had just typed the name of her daughter’s school into a national database on toxic air quality. Much to her surprise – and horror – the school was ranked as one of the worst in the country.
