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Putting Numbers on Prevention: Cutting Pollution Saves Lives
Posted by Liz Borkowski on March 4, 2011 Earlier this week, the EPA released a report that quantifies costs and benefits of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments – and, surprise, surprise, the benefits substantially outweigh the costs: $2 trillion vs. $65 billion in 2020. Specifically, The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act from 1990 to 2020 evaluates the costs and…
The Great Leap Backward – Do we really want to roll back regulations and look more like China?
Posted by The Pump Handle on February 22, 2011 By Elizabeth Grossman As I’ve watched the hearings House Republicans have been holding over the past couple of weeks on the economic impact of environmental and occupational health and safety regulations, I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learned about and seen of the working and environmental conditions in places that are now the hub of…
EPA says dioxin risk from burning BP/Deepwater Horizon oil is low – but what’s the context?
Posted by The Pump Handle on December 13, 2010 by Elizabeth Grossman On November 30th, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB) released a bulletin reporting on the accidental release of sulfur dioxide at the Murphy Oil refinery in Meraux, Louisiana. The Bucket Brigade tracks these releases as part of its work to reduce refinery accidents, and they explain that the November 30th release is “just…
Worth Reading: McSurance, Dialysis, and the EPA’s 40th Birthday
Posted by Liz Borkowski on December 3, 2010 A few of the recent pieces I’ve liked: Robin Fields at ProPublica: In Dialysis, Life-Saving Care at Great Risk and Cost Timothy Noah at Slate: McSurance on Trial: A Senate committee puts the spotlight on the crap health insurance given fast-food workers EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in the WSJ: The EPA Turns 40 Kristen Lombardi…