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EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health

  • Written by Janet McCabe, Visiting Professor, Indiana University McKinney School of Law and O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public healthTwo coal-fired power plants near Cheshire, Ohio, are known for their air pollution.Halbergman/E+ via Getty Images

When I worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 2010s as an Obama administration appointee, I helped write and review dozens of regulations under the Clean Air Act. They included some groundbreaking rules, such as setting...

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