EDF Applauds Proposal to Slash Toxic Air Pollution from Coal Plants
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—Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
View National Mercury Reductions from 1990-2005: https://www.edf.org/documents/11665_National-Mercury-Reductions-1990-2005.pdf.
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