Carper Touts New Report On Air Pollution Rules

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said Tuesday that a new report released by an environmental group shows how clean air standards can grow the nation’s economy.

“It’s clear that clean energy investments that will be made to meet the federal Clean Air Act and state regulations will not only save thousands of lives and save billions of dollars in health care costs, but will also create almost 300,000 jobs every year,” Carper said in a statement.

The report, put together by the organization Ceres, revealed that new EPA rules governing pollution by utility companies could create as many as 1.5 million jobs in the coming five years.