In the world of cost benefit analysis, if an impact isn’t monetized, it doesn’t exist. A former EPA official explains what’s changing now and why it matters.
President Trump's EPA is raising alarms with a shift in how it weighs the benefits of air pollution rules, with critics ...
An NRC committee will evaluate the scientific and technical bases of approaches used by EPA for estimating ozone mortality risk reduction and associated benefits of health-based standards over time.
When making rules on fine particulate matter and ozone limits, the EPA will no longer calculate the monetary value of lives ...
The Trump administration has moved to stop the EPA from considering health benefits when calculating the costs of air pollution.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Short-term exposure to smog, or ozone, is clearly linked to premature deaths that should be taken into account when measuring the health benefits of reducing air pollution, a ...
The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to stop quantifying the health benefits of regulating soot and ozone is a victory for polluters and a loss for the public. Masking the benefits ...