Today, as in the past, the Clean Air Act continues to cut pollution and protect the health of American families and workers. Fewer premature deaths and illnesses means Americans experience longer lives, better quality of life, lower medical expenses, fewer school absences, and better worker productivity. Peer-reviewed studies show that the Act has been a good economic investment for America. Since 1970, cleaner air and a growing economy have gone hand in hand. The Act has created market opportunities that have helped to inspire innovation in cleaner technologies – technologies in which the United States has become a global market leader.

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To learn more about about clean air and the economy, read the Section 812 reports, Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act.

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1 U.S. EPA, The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act from 1990 to 2020: Final Report, Office of Air and Radiation, March 2011. See Table 5-6. This study is the third in a series of studies mandated by Congress in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The report received extensive review and input from the Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis, an independent panel of distinguished economists, scientists and public health experts established by Congress in 1991.

2 Ibid. See chapter 6.

3 See for example: U.S. EPA, The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act from 1990 to 2020: Final Report, Office of Air and Radiation, March 2011; U.S. EPA, The Benefits and Costs of the CAA 1990 to 2010: EPA Report to Congress, Office of Air and Radiation, November 1999; U.S. EPA, The Benefits and Costs of the CAA, 1970 to 1990: Prepared for U.S. Congress by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, October 1997.

4 Same source as endnote 1. See tabular summary of cost-benefit findings in Abstract.

8 U.S. Census Bureau, Pollution Abatement cost and Expenditures: 2005, MA200(05), U.S. Government Printing Office. Issued April 2008. See p. v.

9 U.S. Census Bureau, Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries: 2005, Annual Survey of Manufactures, M05(AS)-1. Issued November 2006. See p. 10, Table 1.

10 Morgenstern, R. D., W. A. Pizer, and J. S. Shih. 2002, Jobs versus the Environment: An Industry-Level Perspective. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 43(3):412-436.

11 Berman, E., and L. T. M. Bui. 2001. Environmental Regulation and Labor Demand: Evidence fromthe South Coast Air Basin. Journal of Public Economics 79(2):265-295.

12 Berman, Eli, and Bui, Linda T.M., Environmental Regulation and Productivity: Evidence from Oil Refineries, The Review of Economics and Statistics, August 2001, 83(3): 498-510. Copyright 2001 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

13 November 3, 2010 letter from David C. Foerter, Executive Director of the Institute of Clean Air Companies, to Senator Thomas R. Carper.

16 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Boilermaker Labor Analysis and Installation Timing, March 2005, EPA Docket OAR-2003-0053 (docket of the Clean Air Interstate Rule).

17 DOC International Trade Administration. Environmental Technologies Industries: FY2010 Industry Assessment, p. 1 (PDF)(42 pp, 597 KB, 2010) (accessed February 8, 2011).

18 Ibid, p 1.

19 U.S. Census Bureau, Censtats Database, International Trade Data - NAICS, (accessed September 6, 2011).

20 Same source as endnote 16, p. 2, Figure 1.

21 Same source as endnote 16, p. 2 and p. 5, figure 5

22 Same source as endnote 16, p. 1.