Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Yesterday, five environmental groups—Sierra Club, California Communities Against Toxics, Frisco Unleaded, the Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation, and the Natural Resources Defense Council—represented by the public interest law firm Earthjustice, filed an intervention to defend and strengthen Environmental Protection Agency rules requiring secondary lead smelters to clean up toxic air pollution.
Secondary lead smelters, often known as battery…
