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Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future
PennFuture Lauds Court Decision Striking Down Federal Mercury Rule; Pennsylvania Rules More Protective, Now in Force
March 1st, 2008
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) praised the ruling today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit striking down as insufficient the Bush Administration's plan to allow coal-fired power plants to buy credits if they failed to adequately clean up their toxic mercury pollution. PennFuture noted that this ruling striking down the federal rule was predicted by it and others who fought successfully for Pennsylvania to adopt a state regulation cutting mercury pollution by 90 percent. "This ruling is a major victory in the fight to protect babies from mercury pollution, which causes brain damage and other neurological problems," said...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-01)
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