Friday, July 15, 2016

Clean Power Plan Saves Nearly $40 Billion On Health, Too

State Attorneys General ignore views of residents on the Clean Power Plan (ThinkProgress/Andrew Breiner)

Air quality improvements associated with policies such as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan go a long way toward mitigating climate change—but do you know that they also directly lower human healthcare costs? About 17,000 people die every year as a result of generating electric power. Many more suffer premature death and illnesses such [&hellip

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