Supporting Policy Decisions with Clear Economic Evidence
At the SBCA Annual Conference, Abt will join researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to examine how rigorous analysis can guide decisions on environmental quality, public health, regulation, and resource use. For agencies and organizations facing real budget, risk, and implementation pressures, that conversation is paramount.
Abt brings deep experience in cost-benefit and economic impact analysis, regulatory support, and environmental policy. Our teams help clients test options, weigh tradeoffs, and connect technical findings to decisions they can act on. That includes work such as developing EPA's SafeWater CBX model to estimate the costs and benefits of future drinking water regulations and quantifying the health benefits tied to state climate action.
If you're attending SBCA, meet with our expert to discuss how sound analysis can strengthen policy design, support implementation, and help decision-makers move from evidence to action.
Meet Our Expert
Matthew LaPenta – Environmental Policy and Governance Senior Associate
Explore our Projects and Resources
Developing the SafeWater CBX Benefit-Cost Model
More than 140 unregulated chemicals contaminate public water supplies in 42 states. The risk to consumers is unclear because researchers haven’t figured out the threshold for when they cause harm. To weigh regulatory options, the Environmental Protection…
AI Helps EPA Standardize and Sharpen Toxic Chemical Data
Abt used AI to standardize EPA off site chemical transfer data to 97% accuracy, enabling faster analysis and stronger chemical safety decisions.
Coastal Resilience Powered by Open Data and Modern Tools
For the Department of the Interior, streamlined data access and user-friendly tools that strengthen coastal protection, marine minerals access, and environmental resilience.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Analysis
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was launched to reduce carbon pollution in 10 states in the Northeast: Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey. In this first carbon…
Setting a Health-Based Benchmark for Lead in Drinking Water
Abt Global provided technical assistance to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water to support the development of a draft report outlining potential approaches to inform a health-based benchmark for lead…