The Trump administration EPA says regulations to reduce power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants are too costly and should no longer be considered legally "appropriate and necessary."
In another proposed reversal of an Obama-era standard, the Environmental Protection Agency Friday said limiting mercury and other toxic emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants is not cost-effective and should not be considered "appropriate and necessary."
The EPA says it is keeping the 2012 restrictions in place for now, in large part because utilities have already spent billions to comply with them. But environmental groups worry the move is a step toward repealing the limits and could make it harder to impose other regulations in the future.
In a statement, the EPA said it is "providing regulatory certainty by transparently and accurately taking account of both costs and benefits."
The National Mining Association welcomed the move, calling the mercury limits "punitive" and "massively unbalanced."
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Sunday December 30 2018, @06:36PM (3 children)
You would not know that they were burning coal because they were not. The Battersea power station closed in the '80s. It's an iconic listed building and is now being redeveloped for retail and offices.
https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk/ [batterseapowerstation.co.uk]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday December 30 2018, @07:24PM
That's some clean, clean coal!!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday December 30 2018, @08:12PM (1 child)
OK, let me set my smartassery aside. For whatever reason, I decided to take a close up of Battersea through Google earth. It looks pretty awesome, really. I think it a bit humorous that they guy who designed the power station is the same guy who designed the red telephone box - lots of similarities there, right?
From there, I passed through Wikipedia, and hit a couple other short articles. That's one heck of a landmark!
Thanks for mentioning it, whoever.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Sunday December 30 2018, @08:55PM
Here is another image of Battersea power station. You might be familiar with it if you are a Pink Floyd fan:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Pink_Floyd-Animals-Frontal.jpg [wikimedia.org]