EPA deregulation rule claims $800M in savings but omits total cost estimates
The EPA, under Administrator Lee Zeldin, announced a final rule rolling back climate regulations, claiming $800 million in supermarket savings from delaying a super-pollutant phaseout. However, the agency's 83-page economic analysis monetizes potential savings but does not assign a total dollar amount to the costs it identifies, making it difficult to assess the full economic impact of the deregulatory move.
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Just in supermarkets alone, we are going to see a savings of $800 million, which Americans will be able to see when they go and buy their food.
The agency didn't put a total dollar amount on the potential costs it identified. This makes it difficult to discern how the sav
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