EPA is required to regulate mercury because EPA determined that mercury emissions from power plants pose an otherwise unaddressed significant risk to health and the environment and because controls options to reduce this risk are available.
Carper cites a statement from a former EPA official on mercury regulation.
Share & report
More from Tom Carper
Public engagement can build trust, it can increase public buy-in, can help resolve issues, can help prevent litigation, and ultimately it can save time and money.
Mr. President, long before I ever thought of running for office, I was a little kid born in a West Virginia coal mining town called Beckley. My sister and I ended up going to the same grade school not too far from our house. As a kid, I…
Other voices in this conversation
