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...Court Strikes Down Public Health Safeguards That Would Have Saved 34,000 Premature Deaths
U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Public Health Safeguards That Would Have Saved 34,000 Premature Deaths Each Year
By Joe Romm
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), blocking limits to harmful air pollution. The measure would have limited sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution, the main ingredients of acid rain and smog.
Each year, these regulations would prevent up to 34,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of cases of aggravated asthma (see Table 1). It was estimated to provide up to $280 billion in annual economic benefits through health and environmental improvements alone.
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The companies that are fighting the EPA over this rule and others are some of the biggest polluters in the nation. They make billions of dollars in profits, and spend tens of millions on misleading ads, campaign contributions and lobbying Congress in a multilateral battle against public health.
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For now, Americans will continue to pay the price of this pollution. John Walke, clean air director with the Natural Resources Defense Council, urges that the EPA immediately appeal this decision. NRDC notes that if the decision is not overturned, it will take years for the EPA to adopt replacement safeguards that are required by law.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/21/722531/us-appeals-court-strikes-down-public-health-safeguards-that-would-have-saved-34000-premature-deaths-each-year/
By Joe Romm
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), blocking limits to harmful air pollution. The measure would have limited sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution, the main ingredients of acid rain and smog.
Each year, these regulations would prevent up to 34,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of cases of aggravated asthma (see Table 1). It was estimated to provide up to $280 billion in annual economic benefits through health and environmental improvements alone.
<...>
The companies that are fighting the EPA over this rule and others are some of the biggest polluters in the nation. They make billions of dollars in profits, and spend tens of millions on misleading ads, campaign contributions and lobbying Congress in a multilateral battle against public health.
<...>
For now, Americans will continue to pay the price of this pollution. John Walke, clean air director with the Natural Resources Defense Council, urges that the EPA immediately appeal this decision. NRDC notes that if the decision is not overturned, it will take years for the EPA to adopt replacement safeguards that are required by law.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/21/722531/us-appeals-court-strikes-down-public-health-safeguards-that-would-have-saved-34000-premature-deaths-each-year/
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