TAILIEUCHUNG - DIRTY AIR, DIRTY POWER: MORTALITY AND HEALTH DAMAGE DUE TO AIR POLLUTION FROM POWER PLANTS

Policy-relevant background – This is an estimate based on air pollution models of the natural background ozone concentrations that would exist without sources of air pollution from human activity, and therefore cannot be affected by emissions control efforts (Fiore 2004). We converted the 4-hour, afternoon average policy-relevant background estimate in the Northeast to the policy-relevant back- ground estimate for different metrics used in the ozone studies considered in the health impact assessment by computing the ratio of the 4-hour average to the 8-hour maximum or the 24-hour average, calculated from the hourly monitoring data from sites used in the analysis. Policy-relevant background is approximately 45% of current average ozone concentrations in. | Mortality and Health Damage Due to Air Pollution from Power Plants JUNE 2004 CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE 77 Summer Street XX Boston MA 02110 Tel 617 292-1234 Fax 617 292-4933 This report the full Abt Associates report Power Plant Emissions Particulate Matter-Related Health Damages and the Benefits of Alternative Emission Reduction Scenarios June 2004 and the interactive site Your Air on the Web are available at dirtypower Credits This report was made possible with funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts. The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Written by Conrad G. Schneider Edited by Maria Padian Technical Assistance MSB Energy Associates r Designed by Patricia Gunn Printed by Mount Vernon Printing June 2004 FOREWORD The Dirty Secret Behind Dirty Air Dirty Power by Angela Ledford Clear the Air Four years ago Clear the Air released its first report on the health impacts of power plant pollution. Because of a loophole in the Clean Air Act we pointed out power plants built before 1970 had avoided installing modern pollution controls. Coal burning power plants were making people sick and shortening their lives - thousands of them - each year. Something needed to be done - or at least election-year politicians knew that s what people wanted to hear. Both candidates for president said that mandatory regulations of all four major pollutants from power plants including sulfur dioxide nitrogen oxides mercury and carbon dioxide were needed. Candidate Bush highlighted this commitment in no uncertain terms Governor Bush will work with Congress the Environmental Protection Agency the Department of Energy consumer and environmental groups and industry to develop legislation that will establish mandatory reduction targets for emissions of four main pollutants sulfur dioxide nitrogen oxide mercury and carbon dioxide. Governor George W Bush A Comprehensive National Energy .

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