Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. Today, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment that would have exempted industrial power plants (a.k.a. boilers) from the Clean Air Act, thereby leading to the deaths of up to 8,100 people every year. There are approximately 1,750 major industrial power plants at more than 700 facilitiesacross the country that must reduce their toxic emissions of lead, mercury and other toxic pollutants…






