| EPA reaffirms mercury rule June 2 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reaffirmed the Clean Air Mercury Rule, meaning it will go into effect as originally planned. In response to petitions for reconsideration, the EPA on May 31 made some technical changes and clarifications to the rule, but reaffirmed its overall approach for regulating mercury emissions from power plants. The EPA finalized the rule in March. Once fully implemented, it will reduce mercury emission from coal-fired power plants by 70 percent, according to the EPA.
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