House Democrats, GOP Clash Over Need To Count EPA Air Rule ‘Co-Benefits’

House Democrats and Republicans are clashing over whether EPA should count the “co-benefits” of its air rules in cost-benefit analyses of the policies, a debate that will be key to the future not only of EPA’s power plant air toxics rules but also likely for the agency’s cost-benefit analysis for all future Clean Air Act rulemakings. At a May 21 hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s oversight panel, Democrats attacked EPA’s proposal to rescind a key finding that...