Clean Air Act Benefits to Health, Environment Significantly Outweigh Costs, EPA Reports

Pollution controls required under the Clean Air Act have resulted in more than $174.8 billion in annual health, economic, and environmental benefits since 1990 at a cost of $45 billion per year for regulated industries, according to a draft of an Environmental Protection Agency report analyzing the costs and benefits of the amendments obtained by BNA April 20.

The draft report, The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act: 1990 to 2020: Preliminary Draft Report, is not complete, and some of the benefits of the Clean Air Act have not yet been calculated, which means the estimates of ...