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EPA to hold public hearing in Chicago on national standard for mercury pollution from power plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing on May 24, 2011 on the proposed mercury and air toxics standards. The new power plant mercury and air toxics standards would require many power plants to install widely available, proven pollution control technologies to cut harmful emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases, while preventing as many as ...
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EPA to hold public hearing on national standard for mercury pollution from power plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing in Philadelphia on May 24, 2011 on the proposed mercury and air toxics standards. The new power plant mercury and air toxics standards would require many power plants to install widely available, proven pollution control technologies to cut harmful emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases, while preventing ...
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EPA to hold public hearing in Atlanta on national standard for mercury pollution from power plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing on May 26, 2011 on the proposed mercury and air toxics standards. The new power plant mercury and air toxics standards would require many power plants to install widely available, proven pollution control technologies to cut harmful emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases, while preventing as many as ...
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EPA to hold three public hearings on national standard for mercury pollution from power plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold three public hearings in May on the proposed mercury and air toxics standards. The new power plant mercury and air toxics standards would require many power plants to install widely available, proven pollution control technologies to cut harmful emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases, while preventing as many as ...
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EPA releases final report on toxic air pollution near manhattan i.s. 143 school finds pollutants below levels of concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that a two-month study of toxic air pollution outside Intermediate School 143, a Manhattan, New York middle school at 511 West 182nd Street, did not find levels of significant concern. During April and May 2010, EPA monitored for 1,3-butadiene and benzene, which are air pollutants commonly associated with cars, trucks, buses and other ...
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Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida Lead List of
Residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida live in states with the most toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The study used publicly-available data in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The analysis, entitled "Toxic Power: How Power Plants Contaminate Our Air and States" ...
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Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania Have Worst Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants
Residents of Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania are exposed to more toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants than in any other state, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). At the same time, the report found a 19 percent decrease in all air toxics emitted from power plants in 2010, the most recent data available, compared to 2009 levels. The welcomed drop, ...
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Study: Latinos Face Major Health Risks from Delays of EPA Air Pollution Rules
Latinos are among those facing the greatest risk from efforts to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updates to health safeguards protecting Americans from ozone, mercury and other dangerous air pollutants, according to a major new report from the National Latino Coalition on Climate Change, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Center for American Progress, and the National ...
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They’re still talking about historic mercury and air toxics standards
Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and air toxics like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide. These new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will slash emissions of these dangerous pollutants by relying on widely available, proven pollution controls that are ...
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EPA proposes first national standard for mercury pollution from power plants // “mercury and air toxics standards” represent one of strongest health protections from air pollution since passage of clean air act
In response to a court deadline, today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first-ever national standards for mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollution from power plants. The new Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standards – which eliminate 20 years of uncertainty across industry – would require many power plants to install widely available, proven ...
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EPA proposes first national standard for mercury pollution from power plants / mercury and air toxics standards represent one of strongest health protections from air pollution since passage of clean air act
In response to a court deadline, today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first-ever national standards for mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollution from power plants. The new power plant mercury and air toxics standards – which eliminate 20 years of uncertainty across industry – would require many power plants to install widely available, proven ...
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NRDC Analysis: `Gang of Eight` Utilities Spent Millions Lobbying and Litigating Against EPA Action While Pollution Contributes to Over 10,000 Deaths
On Eve of Inhofe Vote to Repeal EPA Mercury Standards, "Price of Pollution Politics" Links Emissions to Lobbying Efforts by AEP, Ameren, DTE Energy, Energy Future Holdings, FirstEnergy, GenOn, PPL and Southern Company – Headquarters in GA, IL, MI, OH, PA and TX. WASHINGTON, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --As eight leading U.S. utilities spent millions of dollars lobbying and ...
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EPA Updates Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for New Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued updates to pollution limits for new power plants under the mercury and air toxics standards, based on new information and analysis that became available to the agency after the rule was finalized. The updates are largely technical in nature and will have no impact on the sensible, achievable and cost-effective standards already set for ...
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Here’s what they’re saying about mercury and air toxics standards
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and air toxics like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide. These new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will slash emissions of these dangerous pollutants by relying on widely available, proven pollution controls that are already ...
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EPA mercury and air toxics rules for power plants: 20+ years in the making
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prepares to release new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), some people may be wondering about the history and timeline for these standards. One Senator recently claimed that EPA is “charging ahead” with them. These standards, however, have been in development for over 20 years. These are standards that many plants are already meeting. ...
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National Grid Applauds EPA`s Release of Rule That Will Reduce Air Pollution From Power Plants
National Grid today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its release of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). The final rule fulfills EPA's obligation established in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments to regulate toxic air emissions from the electric sector. "Today, EPA has finalized a reasonable rule that reflects its constructive engagement with stakeholders," ...
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EPA grants clean air act petition to improve air quality in New Jersey/action protects public health and cuts harmful emissions from pennsylvania power plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today granted a petition submitted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to limit sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from a Pennsylvania power plant that are adversely impacting air quality in Warren, Sussex, Morris and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. This is the first single-source petition the agency has granted and it will require ...
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EPA issues final report on toxic air pollution near Paulsboro High School, N.J.; finds pollutants below levels of concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that an eight-month study of toxic air pollution outside Paulsboro High School in Paulsboro, New Jersey did not find levels of concern. From August 2009 to February 2010, EPA monitored the air for acetaldehyde, benzene, nickel and other metals, which are toxic air pollutants commonly associated with industrial facilities such as oil ...
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EPA issues first national standards for mercury pollution from power plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution like arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide. The standards will slash emissions of these dangerous pollutants by relying on widely available, proven pollution controls that ...
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EPA, state of Colorado join children’s hospital to highlight benefits of new mercury and air toxics standards for power plants
At a ceremony today at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colo., representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Trout Unlimited, and ADA Environmental Solutions, Inc. to highlight the benefits of EPA’s newly issued Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first national standards to protect ...
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