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Akshaya Jha, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

EPA says repealing power plant emissions rules will save billions – but its estimate leaves out health and climate costs

A gas- and coal-fired power plant in Indiana sits right next to a residential area. Scott Olson/Getty Images

The Trump administration is repealing federal rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants.

It says the changes will make electricity cheaper for Americans. What consumers pay will depend partly on the cost of keeping older plants running compared with building and operating new ones. Even if the changes make electricity cheaper, the administration’s headline savings estimate leaves out the health and climate costs of additional pollution.

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