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EPA moves to stop considering economic benefits of cleaner air (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/climate_apocalypse@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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the EPA is changing its cost-benefit analysis process for common air pollutants. Instead of comparing the economic cost of a certain pollution limit to an estimate of the economic value of the resulting improvements in human health, the EPA will just qualitatively describe health benefits while carefully quantifying economic costs.

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago

They're including externalities in those costs, right?

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    [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    EPA, Environmental Profit Agency

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    [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I’m excited to hear a qualitative description of the health benefits of a given company’s pollution

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    [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    Fucken clowns. The title makes the article sound a little confusing but whats the point of profits if we're all dying from toxic air?

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