Austin Should More Closely Regulate Air Quality

Dear Editor,
    As a concerned environmental activist, I would like to address the possibility of Austin getting its own Air Control Bureau [“Does Austin Need Its Own Air Control Bureau?,” News, Aug. 28]. I stand strongly in favor of this effort to more closely regulate the contents of our air since Texas is the sixth highest polluting entity in the world (according to the Historical Global Warming Cumulative Emissions 1960-2005), and Houston has already successfully reduced the amounts of its most common pollutants in this way. It just makes sense that Austin would keep with its active nature to take this extra measure to make its air healthier.