Grist: One of the Environmental Protection Agencys top selling points for its recently proposed carbon pollution rules for power plants is that they will make immediate improvements to our air quality, in addition to reducing the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. Its one of those twofer marketing plans (it tastes great and its less filling) designed to help make the public more amenable to a new set of rules.
If youre wondering why the EPA needs public buy-in for rules aimed at the fossil...