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Air pollution limits: Trump's EPA won't consider economic value of saving lives, just industry costs
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to stop considering the monetary value of saving human lives when setting rules on air pollution, and instead calculate only the cost to industry.
Jake Spring, climate reporter at The Washington Post, tells Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan why this policy change may make air pollution regulations less effective.
This segment aired on January 13, 2026.