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A short history on mercury pollution

NYT Green blogs on history of coal plant regulation and the health consequences.

By Josephine Marcotty

March 18, 2011 at 7:56PM

The New York Times Green blog gives us a condensed history on the health consequences of the long-coming EPA rules on coal plant emissions. As the Minnesota State Legislature considers adding more coal plants to the state, it's worth a moment to read this.

green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/delay-in-coal-pollution-rules-took-toll-in-lives/

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Josephine Marcotty

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Josephine Marcotty has covered the environment in Minnesota for eight years, with expertise in water quality, agriculture, critters and mining. Prior to that she was a medical reporter, with an emphasis on mental illness, transplant medicine and reproductive health care.

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