| Problem | Components |
|---|---|
| Policy issue area: | Cities/regions |
| Policy issue: | Environment |
| Description: | Continuing air pollution. |
| Symptoms: | Increases in the number of permanent illnesses and premature deaths resulting from lung disease and cancer; harmful effects on crops and forests. |
| Causes: | Inadequately controlled industrial and transportation activities. |
| Cost of problem: | - |
| Solution | Components |
| Resources: | Federal, state and local governments; universities and research institutes; manufacturers of anti-pollution devices. |
| Goal: | Reduce existing levels of air pollution to minimum standards. |
| Program area: | Ecological development |
| Program-remedy: | 1. Simplify and strengthen the Clean Air Act 2. Provide increased funding to the Environment Protection Agency. |
| Program-prevent: | 1. Simplify, and enforce vigorously, the Clean Air Act 2. Continue development of non-polluting cars and other fuel burning devices. |
| Cost of program: | - |
| Beneficiaries: | Residents of urban areas; farmers; lumber industry. |