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EPA gutting rule credited with coal-plant toxic air cleanup

by Associated Press Writer
| April 16, 2020 11:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is gutting an Obama-era rule that compelled coal plants to cut back emissions of mercury and other human health hazards, limiting future regulation of air pollutants by petroleum and coal plants.

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