Climate Changed
EPA Plans to Rewrite Costs and Benefits of Anti-Pollution Rules
- Environmental chief outlines plan in memo to top officials
- Move seeks consistent analysis of price of environmental rules
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The Trump administration is planning to write new rules for how it weighs the human costs and benefits of environmental regulations, a move that could make it harder for future presidents to stiffen limits on pollution and combat climate change.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler directed top agency officials to develop the changes, casting them as necessary to eliminate inconsistencies in assessing regulations. Environmentalists say the agency is altering its math to shrink estimates of how many lives are saved by rules governing clean air, chemicals and water contamination.