Is It or Is It Not the Greatest Threat We Face as Mankind?
Posted in Environment, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Jul 5th, 2012
The Environmental Protection Agency has tightened up mercury emissions standards on coal-fired power plants. The epidemiology on mercury is pretty clear – the stuff is nasty. So if there is a reasonably cost-effective way to reduce mercury emissions from power plants, it would seem to be a good thing. Indeed, "E"nvironmentalists have celebrated the tighter […]