Jace Lington and Bennett Nuss chat with Caroline Cecot about how recent changes in the EPA's analytical methods affect transparency and environmental protection. She discusses the evolution of cost-benefit analysis from a deregulatory tool to a framework for safeguarding health and the environment, and how recent administrative moves might revert it to "arbitrary and capricious" territory. The conversation delves into critical questions about regulatory decision-making, the role of Congress, and the impact of transparency on public trust.

Notes:

• Benefit-Cost Analysis Under Threat, Caroline Cecot, The Regulatory Review 
• Rethinking Health-Based Environmental Standards, Michael Livermore and Richard Revesz, New York University Law Review 
• Deregulatory Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Stability, Caroline Cecot, Duke Law Journal 
• EPA Turbine Rule, January 2026