Clean Power Plan: Acid Rain Part 2?

In a recent speech in Washington, D.C., EPA administrator Gina McCarthy dismissed potential criticism of the costs of the new Clean Power Plan by pointing to America's success in reducing sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions associated with acid rain. She said (correctly) that over the past 40 years, the U.S. slashed SO2 emissions while maintaining a growing economy. She warned darkly of "special interest critics" who would claim the new rules would be a threat to the economy. "They were wrong in the '90s when they said exactly the same thing," she claimed.

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