Revising the Air Quality Standards: A Briefing Paper on the Proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone

The Wildfire Emissions Protection Act May Have Unintended Consequences

A proposed bill could encourage the use of prescribed fire in the Western United States—but could degrade air quality elsewhere in the country.

Losing the Endangerment Finding: Air-Quality and Health Impacts of Recent and Proposed Regulatory Rollbacks

The repeal of standards for light-duty vehicles and power plants will increase air pollution that contributes to death and disease, adding to the already substantial forgone climate-related benefits of these regulations by about $780 billion.

Losing the Endangerment Finding: The Costs and Benefits of Repealing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Power Plants

The federal government projects that a major regulatory repeal will benefit Americans. New independent modeling instead finds that the costs of repeal could outweigh benefits by about $1.5 trillion, even before considering air-quality damages.

Here & Now: “EPA Eliminates Rule Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants. Will It Change Anything?”

RFF Senior Fellow Bryan Hubbell discusses the recent repeal of power plant regulations on NPR.