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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
imageTwo 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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