SocraticGadfly: Sorry, Sen. Briggs & Stratton

September 04, 2008

Sorry, Sen. Briggs & Stratton

Sen. Kit Bond’s long stall job on cleaner-running lawn mowers is finally up, it seems. The EPA has ordered a 35-percent cut in mower engine emissions, starting with 2011 models.
“The total estimated public health benefits range between $1.6 and $4.4 billion by 2030. These benefits outweigh estimated costs by at least eight to one, while preventing over 300 premature deaths, 1,700 hospitalizations, and 23,000 lost workdays annually.”

Why did Kit Bond hate American homeowners and lawn-care workers?

But, Bond did get us half a decade or so of additional air pollution and greenhouse gases.

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