Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Pollution Controls and Economic Growth

Of course, we all know this, but it's good to see the Trump administration admit that cutting pollution is not incompatible with economic growth: 
"From 1970 to 2018, the combined emissions of the most common air pollutants fell 74 percent while the economy grew over 275 percent."

-- White House press release, 7/8/19.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-promoting-clean-healthy-environment-americans/

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