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Benefits of New Air Quality Rules Greatly Outweigh Costs
http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/news/benefits-new-air-quality-rules-greatly-outweigh-costs[font face=Times, Serif][font size=5]Benefits of New Air Quality Rules Greatly Outweigh Costs[/font]
[font size=4]Study Finds that Regulations Costing $195 Billion Will Bring Over $1 Trillion in Health and Environmental Benefits, Particularly for Minorities and the Poor[/font]
[font size=3]A report by researchers at the Mailman School provides an expanded review of six new air quality regulations proposed or recently adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA). These include the first national standards for reducing dangerous emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from power plants. Though the cost of implementing the new regulations is estimated to be about $195 billion over the next 20 years or so, the economic, environmental and health benefits amount to well over $1 trillion, considerably outweighing the costs, according to the report, which was issued by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a non-profit think tank based in Washington, D.C.
Patrick L. Kinney, ScD, professor of Environmental Health Sciences and director of the Mailman School's Program on Climate and Health, and MPH candidate Amruta Nori-Sarma also examined the role that environmental justice issues play in the development of EPA regulations. The researchers further analyzed the findings in light of a recent poll conducted by the Joint Center on climate change, health and conservation behaviors.
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The poll, which surveyed 1500 African American adults in Atlanta, Cleveland and Philadelphia, asked respondents about issues related to air quality, climate change and the need for new regulations.
Among the poll’s key findings:
For the White Paper, “Health and Economic Benefits of Clean Air Regulations” and Research Brief, “Three-City Survey of African Americans on EPA Regulations, Climate Change and Health” highlighting the poll results.
December 21, 2011[/font][/font]
[font size=4]Study Finds that Regulations Costing $195 Billion Will Bring Over $1 Trillion in Health and Environmental Benefits, Particularly for Minorities and the Poor[/font]
[font size=3]A report by researchers at the Mailman School provides an expanded review of six new air quality regulations proposed or recently adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA). These include the first national standards for reducing dangerous emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from power plants. Though the cost of implementing the new regulations is estimated to be about $195 billion over the next 20 years or so, the economic, environmental and health benefits amount to well over $1 trillion, considerably outweighing the costs, according to the report, which was issued by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a non-profit think tank based in Washington, D.C.
Patrick L. Kinney, ScD, professor of Environmental Health Sciences and director of the Mailman School's Program on Climate and Health, and MPH candidate Amruta Nori-Sarma also examined the role that environmental justice issues play in the development of EPA regulations. The researchers further analyzed the findings in light of a recent poll conducted by the Joint Center on climate change, health and conservation behaviors.
…
The poll, which surveyed 1500 African American adults in Atlanta, Cleveland and Philadelphia, asked respondents about issues related to air quality, climate change and the need for new regulations.
Among the poll’s key findings:
- A solid majority (59%) of African Americans polled in the three cities believe that global warming is causing serious problems
- 84% of respondents want the federal government to take strong action to deal with global warming
- 80% support EPA’s Toxics Rule
- 40% described the air quality where they lived as excellent or good, while 59% said the air quality where they lived was fair or poor
- 83% believe that environmental factors such as air pollution play a major role in causing asthma in children
For the White Paper, “Health and Economic Benefits of Clean Air Regulations” and Research Brief, “Three-City Survey of African Americans on EPA Regulations, Climate Change and Health” highlighting the poll results.
December 21, 2011[/font][/font]
