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States File Petition Challenging EPA Mercury Rules

By Pat Bradley

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Plattsburgh, NY – Sixteen states, many from the Northeast, are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's new mercury pollution rules. The state attorneys-general are asking a federal judge to reactivate a lawsuit against a regulation that allows power plants to buy credits from other plants whose emissions fall below target levels. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.