A report to be released later this wek will reveal that millions more people live in areas where air pollution violates federal air quality standards, the NYT reports. Does this mean air pollution is getting worse? Not at all. Rather, the increase in so-called “nonattainment” areas is the result of new, and much more stringent, federal air quality standards. Indeed, the new standards, put in place by Clinton EPA-chief Carol Browner, are so tight that some parts of the country could fail to comply even if they forced all cars off the road. If a state fails to comply, it faces the loss of all federal highway funds.