"Under President Trump, the EPA plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone, when regulating industry, according to internal agency emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times. It's a seismic shift that runs counter to the EPA's mission statement, which says the agency's core responsibility is to protect human health and the environment, environmental law experts said."
"If you're only considering the costs to industry and you're ignoring the benefits, then you can't justify any regulations that protect public health, which is the very reason that EPA was set up, said Mr. Revesz, who led the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. They're really being serious about not protecting the environment over at the EPA."
Under President Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing fine particulate matter and ozone when regulating industry. The change runs counter to the EPA mission statement that designates protecting human health and the environment as a core responsibility. The shift could make it easier to repeal limits on these pollutants from coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities across the country. The policy would likely lower costs for companies while producing dirtier air. A regulatory impact analysis with similar language accompanied a final rule weakening nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide limits from combustion turbines at gas-burning power plants.
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