The EPA is harming the country. The latest move is aimed at reducing the release of mercury from electric power generation. It is doubtful the new rules are even needed and likely that they will do more harm than good.

Craig Rucker lays out the junk science behind the EPA mandates at WattsUpWithThat.com

What struck me was this line:

 US power plants account for only 0.5% of the mercury in US air. Thus, even if EPA’s new rules eventually do eliminate 90% of mercury from power plant emission streams, that’s still only 90% of 0.5% – ie, almost zero benefit. The rest of the mercury in US air comes from natural and foreign sources, such as forest fires, Chinese power plants and the cremation of human remains

When Barack Obama was president he said he wanted to make coal fired power plants too expensive to operate. This rule goes a long way to making that campaign promise a reality. But the other reality is that more expensive power will drive even more production to China. This in turn will create more airborne mercury.

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