Finally, some sanity regarding smokestack emissions. After decades of political squabbling, on Wednesday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, or MATS, which will dramatically cut the amount of highly toxic mercury and about 70 other pollutants released in the United States. The rules target the emissions from coal-fired power plants. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/environment/la-me-gs-epa-issues-mercury-arsenic-rules-20111219,0,4536616.story?track=rss
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