Trump’s EPA says Obama’s climate rule could prevent up to 4,500 deaths annually, moves to scrap it
View on The Washington Post website"'The right way to do this is update your model, your analysis for more recent conditions,' said Alan Krupnick, an economist with the think tank Resources for the Future. 'Which is what that second analysis does. And then the chips fall where they may.'"
"The change, according to an analysis by Dallas Burtraw of Resources for the Future, appears to be because the Energy Information Administration in 2017 estimated that the Clean Power Plan would have an even sharper effect in reducing emissions from the burning of coal than previously predicted — which would mean an even larger effect on air pollution."
