WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and over 25 Senators in launching an investigation (https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=files.serve&File_id=B1886527-CBD2-4229-B18C-681A6CE576FC) into the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to cease counting health benefits when conducting cost-benefit analysis for Clean Air Act rules that limit dangerous pollutants. The decision was announced in a recent rulemaking concerning power plant regulations and reveals EPA's intention to apply this policy to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) a...