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EPA Will No Longer Consider Lives Saved in Pollution Rules, Only Cost to Business (truthout.org)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now only counting costs to businesses when considering regulation on key pollutants, internal documents show, rather than considering human lives saved by such caps."

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[–] 3 points 1 month ago

One of the noted traits required to build incredible amounts of wealth is that they would rather die on top watching the world burn, than save the world from burning and lose wealth/status/rank.

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