"Trump, Citing Pandemic, Moves to Weaken Two Key Environmental Protections"

Richard Morgenstern quoted in a New York Times article about recent weakening of environmental protections.

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June 4, 2020

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New York Times

Richard Morgenstern quoted in a New York Times article about recent weakening of environmental protections.

"'These economic cost-benefit analyses have been an important driver of Clean Air Act regulations for 40 years,' said Richard Morgenstern, a former E.P.A. official who served from the Reagan to the Clinton administrations. 'What this rule is doing is altering the math in such a way to potentially downplay the economic benefit to public health, so they are justified in writing weaker rules in the future.'"

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