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EPA air emission limits upheld on appeal

Photo by Michelle Carl via Creative Commons)
Photo by Michelle Carl via Creative Commons)
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The Spokesman-Review

Federal judges Tuesday upheld U.S. EPA’s air standards for mercury and other hazardous pollutants in a major win for the Obama administration.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the agency acted reasonably in promulgating its 2012 mercury and air toxics, or MATS, rule, which was the most significant EPA regulation of President Obama’s first term.

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