Multi-billion dollar company Exelon argues that weakening the emissions rule would kill jobs and waste billions in investmentsA leading US energy company is lobbying against the Trump administration's move to rollback a major Obama-era environmental regulation, arguing that weakening a rule on mercury emissions would potentially kill jobs across the south and waste billions of dollars of investment.Exelon, one of the largest producers of electricity in the US, has also argued to the Environmental Protection Agency that compliance with the existing mercury rule, a 2012 regulation that limits how much of the toxic pollutant can be emitted from coal-fired power plants, has had "substantial" health and environmental benefits and has cost a small fraction of what was originally anticipated. Continue reading...
Energy company takes stance against Trump effort to rollback mercury rule
16. listopadu 2018 7:30
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Zdroj: The Guardian