EPA Orders Power Plants to Clean Up

Living on Earth

The EPA has rewritten its rule to force deep cuts in sulfur dioxide and nitric oxide emissions from power plants, a move expected to save tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars every year. Host Jeff Young talks with University of Maryland Law Professor Bob Percival about the mounting science on smog and soot’s health impacts, and why the regulation has been so tough to put in place.

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