Regional benefits of complying with federal air quality rules far outweigh costs, assert UT Austin law professors in new paper

The distribution of costs and benefits for complying with federal rules governing air pollution is roughly commensurate with each regions’ reliance on coal-fired power, argue UT Austin law Professors David Spence and David Adelman in a new paper published in the Social Science Research Network. Moreover, the benefits of curbing pollutants most closely associated with climate change far outweigh their costs. For more, read their paper and an article in RegBlog.