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A recent Supreme Court ruling is requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its rules limiting emissions of mercury, the potent neurotoxin that primarily comes from coal-fired power plants.

Ask North Carolina officials to strengthen their rules in light of the court ruling, and to re-do their permit for a new power plant at Duke Power's Cliffside station, west of Charlotte.

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Clean Air

In an important victory for environmental and public health organizations, a federal appeals court ruled on February 8 that the Bush Administration's rules allowing coal-and oil-fired power plants to continue emitting dangerous levels of mercury violates the law. Environment North Carolina, one of the groups to challenge the inadequate mercury rules in court, applauded the decision. Read more.

Letter Dear Mr. Overcash, Scientists estimate that one in eight women has enough mercury in her body to pose risks to her newborn, should she become pregnant. The vast majority of mercury pollution comes from coal-fired power plants. In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling on the need for the strictest possible limits on the potent neurotoxin, I urge you to redo the state's inadequate Clean Air Mercury Rule. In addition, I urge you to revise the permit for Duke Power's new power plant at the Cliffside station to ensure it requires the most stringent controls available for mercury pollution.
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