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(This post was co-authored by EDF attorney Richard<\/em> Yates)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Environmental Protection Agency is soon expected to update our national protections against mercury and other toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants \u2013 pollution that is extremely dangerous to human health and has been linked to brain damage in children.<\/p>\n

EPA proposed strengthening the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and closing a loophole for lignite coal and is expected to issue its final update soon. EDF has found that, even as we have made great progress in reducing mercury pollution overall, the lignite coal loophole leaves parts of the U.S. at especially high risk.<\/p>\n

Mapping Big Mercury Polluters<\/strong><\/p>\n

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[(i) The owner\/operator of the Comanche plant in Colorado has announced its intention to retire unit 2 by 2025 and unit 3 by 2030; unit 1 retired in 2022. (ii) The owner\/operator of the Sherburne County plant in Minnesota has…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article originally published at blogs.edf.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(This post was co-authored by EDF attorney Richard Yates) The Environmental Protection Agency is soon expected to update our national protections against mercury and other toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants \u2013 pollution that is extremely dangerous to human health and has been linked to brain damage in children. 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