Recent federal policy platforms have been proposed that include substantial changes to environmental regulation at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For instance, the 2025 Presidential Transition Project (“Project 2025”) has a number of proposals to change the Clean Air Act (CAA); and the America First Agenda has proposals to “modernize” the CAA. If implemented, these measures may sharply reduce the future public health benefits of the CAA. These include possible harms from ceasing operation of air pollution control devices (APCDs) at power plants, which have been a bedrock of national-scale air pollution reductions for decades.
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