Ruling means less mercury and other toxic air pollution will be emitted
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2014. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has struck down an EPA-created loophole that would have made limits on toxic air pollution from cement plants harder to enforce. When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wrote the cement plant rule, it invented an “affirmative defense” that allowed plants that violate emission standards to escape having to pay penalties…
