High court sets back mercury rules

High court sets back mercury rules

Heavy-metal readings high in Southwest Colorado fisheries
A divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power-plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants. The justices split 5-4 along ideological lines to rule that the Environmental Protection Agency failed to take cost into account when it first decided to regulate the toxic emissions from coal- and oil-fired plants.

High court sets back mercury rules

A divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the Obama administration's attempt to limit power-plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants. The justices split 5-4 along ideological lines to rule that the Environmental Protection Agency failed to take cost into account when it first decided to regulate the toxic emissions from coal- and oil-fired plants.
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