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BREAKING NEWS: Obama Administration Announces Standards to Keep Our Families Safe from Mercury and Other Pollutants

Thank President Obama for keeping toxic mercury out of our air.

After decades of industry-induced delay, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued limits on the toxic soup of emissions spewed from coal-fired power plants. The Mercury and Air Toxics rule unveiled by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is a critical update to the Clean Air Act that will reduce child developmental delays, asthma attacks, heart attacks, and cancer; and save up to tens of thousands of lives.

PRESS RELEASE:New EPA Rule Curbs Mercury, Other Pollutants from Power Plants

BLOGS:

• Obama Administration Announces Standards to Keep Our Families Safe from Mercury and Other Pollutants
• New Limits on Mercury Pollution, After Decades of Delay, Build on State Lead
• A Major Public Health Win on Mercury and Other Toxics
• Say No to Polluters' Call to Weaken Mercury and Toxics Standards
• EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Rule: Bottom Lines and Background
• EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards: The Right Tool at the Right Time
• House Republicans Announce Attacks on Life-Saving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

For more NRDC blog posts on mercury and air toxic standards, visit Switchboard.

REPORTS:

• Toxic Power: How Power Plants Contaminate Our Air and States
• The "Toxic 20:" States with the Highest Levels of Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

• Overview of Proposed Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (EPA)
• Overview of Proposed Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (EPA)
• Complete EPA guide to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for Power Plants
• The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act (EPA)

Want more? Visit NRDC's air issues page and Clean Air Act page for more information.

last revised 12/20/2011