Industries Spar With States, Others On Co-Benefits’ Role In EPA Air Rules

Major industry trade associations are sparring with state attorneys general (AGs) and others who favor strict EPA rules over the agency’s planned overhaul of cost-benefit reviews for Clean Air Act policies, in particular a fight over the weight EPA should give to “co-benefits” of reduced pollution not directly targeted by a rule. Among various other elements in the June 4 proposed rule , EPA calls for separate reporting of a rule’s direct benefits and co-benefits, though it stops short of...