Congress Electrical Mercury Pollution 
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DECEMBER 21, 2011
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), the first national standards for power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollutants (also known as hazardous air pollutants, HAPs) such as arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide.
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AUGUST 22, 2014
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Second Integrated Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress—the final of two reports required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to inform Congress of progress in reducing public health risks from urban air toxics (also referred to as hazardous air pollutants or HAPs).
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JANUARY 16, 2013
Total toxic air releases in 2011 declined 8% from 2010, mostly because of decreases in hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions, even while total releases of toxic chemicals increased for the second year in a row, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report published today.
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MARCH 6, 2017
WHO estimated in 2012 that 26% of childhood deaths and 25% of the total disease burden in children under five could be prevented through the reduction of environmental risks such as air pollution, unsafe water, sanitation and inadequate hygiene or chemicals. —“Don’t Pollute My Future”. The report, Don’t pollute my future!
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JUNE 6, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Southern Company, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are together contributing more than $20 million in research funding to support the SouthEast Atmosphere Study (SAS).
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
They] will lock in high greenhouse gas emissions, water use and mercury pollution for decades. The study notes that the plants would also emit hydrogen sulfide and mercury, which, if not properly scrubbed and treated, are potentially harmful to human health. —Robert B. —Chi-Jen Yang. Chi-Jen Yang, Robert B.
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JUNE 2, 2014
Cutting particle pollution, nitrogen NO x , and SO x by more than 25% as a co-benefit. EPA is using four “building blocks” to determine state-specific goals: Reducing the carbon intensity of generation at individual affected electric generating units (EGUs) through heat-rate improvements. Expanded lower-carbon generation.
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