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The US EPA was set up following widespread air pollution in cities like Los Angeles, seen here in 1973. It has much more oversight than the EU commission over car type approvals (Photo: USEPA/NARA)

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Learn from US on emissions, says former EPA chief

Margo Oge left the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) four years ago, but she has not forgotten the lessons she learned there.

Oge, who was director of the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality from 1994 to 2012, came to Brussels last week with a clear message for Europe: be much tougher on car companies that are polluting more than the legal limits.

She told an event organised by environmental lobby group Transport & Environment last Thursday (9 June) that she was ...

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The US EPA was set up following widespread air pollution in cities like Los Angeles, seen here in 1973. It has much more oversight than the EU commission over car type approvals (Photo: USEPA/NARA)

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