Easing the Standards
The EPA wants to ease the standards on air pollution. The reasoning is the standards get in the way of economic growth, but there's a trade off. There's a cost much greater than the cost of clean air standards impose on industry.
According to the World Bank...
Air pollution costs the global economy more than $5 trillion annually in welfare costs, with the most devastating damage occurring in the developing world, according to a new World Bank report. The welfare figure incorporates a number of costs associated with air pollution like health and consumption.Sep 9, 2016
Bad air also costs lives...
