POLLUTION knows no borders and neither does its health toll 鈥� a rationale that could make new US regulations financially sound.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) . It regulates emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants, which can travel hundreds of miles.
The Republican governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has the EPA鈥檚 decision 鈥渁nother example of heavy-handed and misguided action from Washington DC, that threatens Texas jobs and families and puts at risk the reliable and affordable electricity our state needs to succeed鈥�. He isn鈥檛 alone in his opposition. New bits of kit like air scrubbers for power plants will cost $800 million per year.
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But an EPA says the rules will annually prevent 468,000 premature deaths, nonfatal heart attacks and cases of asthma and acute bronchitis 鈥� estimates which a spokesperson for the US told New 杏吧原创 were 鈥渂ased on sound science鈥�. Overall, the health gains should save $120 to $280 billion per year by 2014.
聯The new cross-state air pollution rule could save the US $120 to $280 billion per year by 2014聰
