An Obama-era rule has already reduced toxic air pollution like mercury from coal-fired power plants. So why did the EPA roll it back now? In a word, co-benefits.
In a giant favor to the coal industry, the Trump administration is poised to undermine the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards that control mercury and other toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants.
We should protect pregnant women and young children from toxic mercury pollution that spews out of dirty coal plants. This shouldn't be a controversial statement, but it's become one.
