EPA Proposes Slashing Power Plant Carbon, Mercury Emission Limits

EPA proposes slashing power plant carbon, mercury emission limits

However, the Environmental Protection Agency’s rationale behind the move may be legally flawed, according to environmental and other groups.

EPA Proposes Slashing Power Plant Carbon, Mercury Emission Limits

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Trump administration proposes to slash emission limits on power plants

Critics say they are concerned that EPA’s actions do not consider the impacts of pollution on public health

EPA Proposes Repeal of Power Plant Pollution Standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to repeal critical standards for power plant air pollution, endangering millions of Americans. The two proposals released today would eliminate standards for carbon pollution and weaken standards for mercury and other toxic air pollutants. The following is a statement from Manish Bapna, president & CEO of NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council): “The EPA is hoisting the white flag o…

Trump Plans to Scrap All Federal Controls on Fossil Fuel Power Plant Pollution

Washington, D.C. – Today the Trump administration announced that it would scrap regulations enacted in past years that would implement controls on carbon dioxide and mercury pollution from power plants in the future. The plan would leave the nation’s second-largest source of climate pollution — the power sector — free of any federal requirements to address global warming. In response, Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter issued t…

EPA Roll Back of Power Plant Limits for Toxic Mercury and Carbon Pollution Will Harm Communities

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