Announcements
Announcements
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed requirements under the Clean Water Act for cooling water intake structures at existing power generation and manufacturing facilities that withdraw more than 2 million gallons per day of water.
These comments review a cost-benefit analysis done by the EPA of four regulatory options and discuss the agency’s use of the cost-benefit framework in the regulatory process. They offer more complete estimates of benefits, look more closely at projected electricity market and employment impacts, and identify problems with non-monetizable values that make cost-benefit analysis less useful in this context. In addition, they argue against the EPA’s recommendation of site-specific decisions, which would shift the burden of cost-benefit analysis onto individual states.
Project / SEI is developing the Shasta River Water Allocation Model to help evaluate potential management actions in the watershed under the California Water Action Plan.
Other publication / The U.S. brief of the Lancet Countdown report gives recommendations on how the country can support public health through climate action.
Project / SEI is building a water allocation and hydrology model in the Upper Klamath River basin.
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