: "Agency officials said the EPA and the Bush administration are making progress. By next year, the EPA said, emissions of toxic air will have dropped by 57 percent from 1990 levels due to new standards affecting dozens of types of industrial facilities.
'Environmental progress is similar to a relay race with each administration passing the baton to the next,' EPA spokeswoman Jessica Emond said. 'The Bush administration completed one leg of the race, while accelerating environmental progress for future generations.'"
