The Hill News

This month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Clean Air Act celebrate their 40th birthday. On Dec. 2, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal noting the benefits of the Clean Air Act have outweighed costs 40:1. Further, while the air quality drastically improved over the past 40 years the GDP grew 207 percent. In light of such achievements, all signs suggested the EPA and the administration would stand strong on air rules that would continue to save lives and money.

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