EPA’s Dangerous Shift Ignores Health Savings to Favor Industry Costs

Why is the EPA turning its back on the undeniable health benefits of clean air? In a troubling move, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will no longer calculate the monetary value of health care savings and lives saved from reducing deadly air pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone. This shift aligns with the Trump administration’s broader rollback of environmental protections—a strategy that prioritizes industry costs over American families’ well-being.Since its founding, the EPA has balanced economic impacts with public health benefits, recognizing that clean air regulations not only protect lives but also save billions in medical...