According to the Associated Press, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations aimed at curbing pollution could prevent an estimated 30,000 deaths and save $275 billion each year they are in effect. That analysis is based on examination that included the EPA’s own prior assessments as well as a wide range of other research, according to the Associated Press.
Bracewell’s Scott Segal told the Associated Press that EPA analyses under the Biden administration emphasized worst-case scenarios, inflated health benefit claims and missed the big-picture economic benefits of booming industry.
“If you only count lives saved by regulation, not lives harmed by regulation, the math will always favor more regulation,” Segal said. “This framing misses the larger point: public health isn’t just about air quality – it’s also about job security, housing, access to medical care, and heating in the winter.”
