Tuesday, June 3, 2014

HCR Update from Mark Sanna: Carbon Emissions Cuts Improve Health

The Obama administration contends that its new plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants will not just fight climate change, but will also quickly improve public health, preventing up to 100,000 asthma attacks and 2,100 heart attacks in the first year the rules take effect. Public health experts said Monday that if the president could make the new rules stick, reductions in air pollution would be likely to pay off in better health.


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