by Haley Lewis | Apr 20, 2020 | Clean Air Journal
EPA Rolls Back Standards for Mercury Pollution from Coal- and Oil-Fired Power Plants On April 16, 2020, in keeping with its deregulatory agenda, EPA finalized the supplemental cost finding and Risk and Technology review for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS),...
by Michael Hansen | Mar 2, 2017 | Clean Air Journal
The Alabama Department of Public Health issues fish advisories for contaminants like methylmercury and PCBs — which are toxins hazardous to human health. ADPH also makes recommendations about portion size and frequency of fish consumed in specific waterbodies. When...
by Haley Lewis | Jun 14, 2016 | Clean Air Journal
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari in Michigan v. EPA. This means that SCOTUS rejected Michigan’s and 20 other states, including Alabama, appeal to block the mercury and air toxics standards (MATS). In denying review, SCOTUS upholds...
by Haley Lewis | Jul 6, 2015 | Clean Air Journal
In April, I wrote about the new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule that had just gone into effect: “GASP strongly supports the MATS rule because it will be crucial in improving air quality and public health. Until recently, there were no national...
by Haley Lewis | Apr 30, 2015 | Clean Air Journal
On December 16, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a rule to reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants from power plants called the mercury and air toxics standards, or MATS. The aim is to reduce emissions from new and existing coal- and oil-fired...
