In the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision Michigan v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, bottom-line concerns about the costs to the electric power industry of complying with a recently enacted air quality regulation trumped misgivings about possible negative effects of industrial air contaminants on human health.
The “EPA must consider cost—including cost of compliance—before deciding whether regulation is appropriate and necessary,” Justice Antonin Scalia commented in the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority opinion.
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