News Analysis: EPA Says New Emission Rule Will Save Lives and Health Costs
Air date: Week of 07/14/2010
Story length: 4:14
Analyst: Ann Murray
 EPA says reduction in sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides by old coal burning power plants will save lives and billions in health costs. Tim Smith, US Army Corps of Engineers photo. |
The US Environmental Protection Agency says it expects to save tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars every year in health costs with a new air quality rule. The Allegheny Front's news analyst Ann Murray joins host Jennifer Szweda Jordan to talk about two separate air quality rules that will affect the coal mining industry and many electric utilities that burn coal.
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