This is good news.
In an effort to curb air pollution in downwind states, the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday ordered utilities to either clean up or shut down older coal-fired power plants in 27 states in the eastern half of the U.S.
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"No community should have to bear the burden of another community's polluters, or be powerless to prevent air pollution that leads to asthma, heart attacks and other harmful illnesses," EPA chief Lisa Jackson said in announcing the rule.
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Some good news while people fight over what may or may not happen with the debt ceiling issue.
Control of the EPA by Democrats and enforcement of the law will save lives. It matters, even if we wish the EPA would go much further.