At the request of Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project, SEI economists Frank Ackerman and Liz Stanton reviewed the proposed rule, focusing on the Regulatory Impact Analysis.
What they found is a deeply flawed, skewed and incomplete analysis that exaggerates the costs of regulation, underestimates the benefits, and gives credence to claims from the coal industry that, if accepted by EPA, could set a dangerous precedent for all U.S. regulatory efforts.
