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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Energy Quote of the Day: On the Clean Power Plan’s Health Benefits

Energy Quote of the Day: On the Clean Power Plan’s Health Benefits

By Pete Danko
Exhaust rising from the Mitchell Power Station, a coal-fired power plant near Pittsburgh that was shuttered in 2013. The EPA's Clean Power Plan could result in more such retirements.. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
President Barack Obama’s assertion last month that climate change will bring more asthma and worse allergies drew a skeptical response in some quarters, but it turns out the president’s signature climate solution – the Clean Power Plan – could come with significant health “co-benefits.” That’s the conclusion of a new study in the journal Nature

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