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Joe Barton: “Every 500 megawatt coal-fired power plant produces 3 pounds of mercury a year.”

On the recordApril 14, 2011
Every 500 megawatt coal-fired power plant produces 3 pounds of mercury a year.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton provides a statistic on mercury emissions from coal plants.

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