Lawsuit Demands EPA Move to Cut Smog

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Four environmental groups are trying to force the Environmental Protection Agency to take actions to reduce harmful levels of smog in eight areas, including the New Jersey and New York metropolitan region.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the groups want the agency to downgrade its smog rating in eight areas from serious to severe, a designation that could lead to more stringent controls of ground-level ozone, or smog.