The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) maintains networks of pollution monitors for two basic purposes: to … pollution and its effects. These purposes imply conflicting criteria for the locations of a limited number of monitors. To check … the attainment of standards, monitors are placed where pollution levels are highest. Monitors are not required where …

This paper estimates an augmented measure of national output inclusive of environmental pollution damage in the United … States economy over a 60-year period. The paper reports two primary findings. First, air pollution intensity declined … precipitously from the 1950s to the modern era. Air pollution damage comprised roughly 30 percent of output in the post WWII economy …

This paper estimates an augmented measure of national output inclusive of environmental pollution damage in the United … States economy over a 60-year period. The paper reports two primary findings. First, air pollution intensity declined … precipitously from the 1950s to the modern era. Air pollution damage comprised roughly 30 percent of output in the post WWII economy …