Undeterred by a lack of action on the
“Clear Skies� bill, EPA forged ahead,
ax in hand, clearing a path for industry
through environmental regulations.

Companies removing more mercury
than the law demands can sell the extra to
those who don’t meet their requirement –
no pollution reductions will go to waste.

The Bush team set another record in
regulation: a mercury policy specialist
called this “the weakest air-toxics rule ever
written for a major industry by the EPA.�

To alleviate public concern, the agency reversed
an earlier conclusion that scrubbing as much
mercury as possible from coal-fired plants was
“appropriate and necessary.” Mercury’s ok now?

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