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Supreme Court rules against EPA power plant mercury limits
Fuel Fix ^ | June 29, 2015 | Associated Press

Posted on 06/29/2015 8:35:03 AM PDT by thackney

The Supreme Court has ruled against federal regulators’ attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

The rules began to take effect in April, but the court said by a 5-4 vote Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency failed to take their cost into account when the agency first decided to regulate the toxic emissions from coal- and oil-fired plants.

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KEYWORDS: coal; electricity; energy; epaoutofcontrol; scotusepa
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