Last month, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to roll back regulations of harmful air pollutants, including sulfur dioxide and particulate matter. For this In Focus video, Resources for the Future (RFF) Fellow Aaron Bergman discusses the Clean Air Act, which authorizes the regulation of important air pollutants; the health effects of the pollutants; and potential roadblocks to proposed deregulation.

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