Breaking news: EPA clamps down on mercury from coal power plants, as Biden administration seeks most stringent limits on toxic pollutant since 2012
Coal, by far the sector’s largest source of carbon dioxide, has drawn special attention from the administration. Its recent rule changes also include stronger, which alone could lead some plants to shut down.
Heavy metals also waft into the air from coal-fired plants and settle in lakes and streams, and enter the food chain after being absorbed by fish. Anglers who subsist on fish are at particular risk. Exposure to it can harm brain development in babies and cause heart disease in adults.Part of the new update is designed to address the type of coal that produces the biggest byproduct when its burned, lignite.
Lignite-burning plants now account for about 30 percent of the power sector’s mercury emissions, Goffman said.technological advancements that make it easier for power plants to comply. The industry’s Washington lobby has estimated utilities have spent about $18 billion to install pollution control technologies to meet these standards.
The new proposal would also require continuous monitoring systems to produce real-time emissions measurements. It would also require lower emissions during start-up, the agency said. The proposal also requests comment on whether the EPA should institute even more stringent standards than what it is including in the proposal.
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