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Pollution Regulation Has Not Overshot

It is reasonable to ask whether environmental regulation has overshot, but the evidence answers no: current pollution levels still cause measurable harm—removing turnpike tollbooths (ending idling) made surrounding neighborhoods healthier, and shutting down power plants raised downwind children's health and test scores—so rolling back auto-emission, methane, and wetlands protections is unjustified and the bang-for-the-buck of further cleanup is overwhelming.

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Speaker

Andrew McAfee

Evidence Quote

if you look at even modern electricity generation plants that shut down the kids living downwind from those plants get healthier their test scores go up in school

Source

170 - The Great UncouplingMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:23:46 AM

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