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Contrary To GOP Claims, Research Shows Environmental Regulation Actually Spurs Economic Growth

Posted on September 21, 2011 by TRP

 

 

Environmental regulations and the agency that enforces them, the EPA, have been singled out for particularly rough treatment. Republicans have scheduled a series of votes starting this week aimed at repealing or halting them. But two reports highlighted today by Politico — one by the Economic Policy Institute, the other by Public Citizen — are a useful reminder that in addition to saving lives and protecting public health, regulation actually spurs economic growth and competition:

A new report by Public Citizen documents five major instances in which the introduction of government regulations led to breakthrough innovations.

via Contrary To GOP Claims, Research Shows Environmental Regulation Actually Spurs Economic Growth | ThinkProgress.

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