EPA Analysis Of PM Proposal Faces Criticism For Inflating Costs

EPA's new cost-benefit analysis of its proposed fine particulate matter (PM2.5) regulation is prompting criticism from Democrats and environmentalists, who say it may inflate the cost of implementing the proposal by emphasizing local controls over less-costly regional strategies. The critics are concerned that the allegedly flawed analysis could undermine federal efforts to impose region-wide emissions controls on problematic sources of pollution that contribute to PM2.5 pollution, such as electric utilities or motor vehicles. "It seems like what's going on, instead,...