Monday, June 8, 2009

The Facts about Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants

Executive Summary America’s improving air quality is an untold success story. Even before Congress passed the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, air quality had been improving for decades.

And since 1970, the six so-called criteria pollutants have declined significantly, even though the generation of electricity from coal-fired plants has increased by over 180 percent...

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