On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
In 2011 the EPA required dirty coal power plants to clean up mercury and air toxic emissions by issuing the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards Rule.
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Carper highlighting the EPA's efforts to regulate mercury emissions from coal plants.
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