A coal-burning power plant operates in October in Colstrip, Mont. Under a proposal made public Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency, restrictions and penalties on mercury emissions by coal-burning plants would be removed. The EPA said current rules are too costly to justify. President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed major changes to the way the federal government calculates the benefits, in human health and safety, of limiting pollution in the atmosphere. The proposed new rules would chip away at the financial justifications currently used to limit emissions of mercury by coal-burning power plants. Mercury is linked to developmental disorders in children. Opponents say the proposal not only stands to make it easier for power plants to pollute more, but also would limit the ability of future administrations to impose more stringent pollution restrictions. The proposal was made public Friday, when the Environmental Protection Agency issued a new finding declaring that federal rules imposed on mercury by former President Barack Obama’s administration are too costly to justify. Those rules, issued in 2011, were the first to restrict some of the most hazardous pollutants emitted by coal-fired plants and are considered one of Obama’s signature environmental achievements. The new proposal does not… Read full this story
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