Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while regulators were furloughed
- Written by Ruohao Zhang, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Penn State
Coal-fired power plants emit both smoke and steam.Paul Souders/Stone via Getty ImagesWhen the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring and inspecting industrial sites for pollution, and stopped...
