Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Study Finds Net Gain From Pollution Rules

Wow! Good news on the costs and benefits of environmental regulations from the Bush EPA -- who'd a thunk it?? And, this study only considers benefits in terms of direct economic impact (lost work days, health care costs). Factor in environmental services of healthy forests (vs. "Healthy Forests"), clean air and clean water, and you'd have numbers that no businessperson could ignore...