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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday December 30 2018, @10:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-could-go-wrong dept.

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."


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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 31 2018, @01:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 31 2018, @01:40AM (#780127)

    Not to worry. Because of Obama, Ford doesn't make Mercury anymore.

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