Monday, December 26, 2011

EPA’s New Mercury Rule? Environmental Hocus Pocus

The EPA’s analysis of the new mercury rule (the Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology, or Utility MACT) is yet another example of regulatory bait-and-switch. - Heritage.org

The rule refers to mercury but really targets CO2, and it generates its purported benefits from reducing particulates that are already covered by other regulations.