Here's an interesting article from yesterday's NYT:

North Carolina Asks E.P.A. to Force Others to Clean Air: By JENNIFER 8. LEE Published: March 19, 2004 WASHINGTON, March 18 In a move that opens a new front in the clean air wars, North Carolina has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to crack down on pollution that it says is seeping across its borders from power plants in 13 other states.

The author's middle name appears to be "8".