Environmental Protection Agency on March 16, 2011 unveiled new rules regulating mercury, lead, arsenic and acid gas pollution emitted from the coal plants. Currently there are no regulations limiting emissions of mercury and toxic pollutants from the coal-fired power plants. The new rules would reduce the mercury emissions by 91%. According to EPA estimate, the cost to comply with the rules would amount to $11 billion while saving 17,000 lives a year, generating 31,000 short-term construction jobs and 9,000 utility jobs.
Source: The Dallas Morning News (March 17, 2011 edition)
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