1. Inspector General Blasts EPA Mercury Analysis.
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Stokstad, Erik
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ENVIRONMENTALISM , *ENVIRONMENTAL law , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *NEUROTOXIC agents - Abstract
This article reports on environmentalism in the U.S. When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed such a cap-and-trade system last year, it argued that it was the most effective way to cut back the 48 tons of mercury, a known neurotoxin, emitted nationwide each year. Coal-fired power plants are responsible for about 40% of all mercury emissions in the U.S., making them the largest single source. No federal rules on mercury from power plants are in place yet, although EPA determined in 2000 that regulation was appropriate and necessary.
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- 2005
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