Will the EPA mercury rule change spur attacks on other clean air protections?
SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Connection/Public News Service) -- Even as the country battles a respiratory pandemic, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to weaken an air pollution standard. The EPA finalized changes Thursday to the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). It is the first-ever national limits on emissions of mercury and other air pollutants from coal-fired power plants. Browner: 'EPA is only adjusting cost-benefit calculations' Carol Browner is the board chair at the League of Conservation Voters and former […]
