EPA to Weigh Only Industry Costs, Dropping Health Gains in Air-Pollution Rules
TL;DR
The EPA will stop tallying the health benefits of reducing air pollution when setting pollution limits, focusing only on industry costs, a shift that could ease rollbacks of rules on pollutants from coal plants, refineries, and other facilities.
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- E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution The New York Times
- The EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules NPR
- EPA says it will no longer consider health costs in pollution regulations The Washington Post
- EPA No Longer Considering Lives Saved in Pollution Rules, Only Cost to Business Truthout
- Trump’s EPA clashes with the administration’s purported MAHA air pollution goals MS NOW
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