Protect Women and Children from Toxic Mercury Pollution (PDF)
July 2005
On June 29, 2005, Senators Patrick Leahy (VT) and Susan Collins (ME) introduced a bipartisan joint resolution to disapprove an EPA rule that scuttles strict controls for toxic mercury pollution from power plants. An identical joint resolution was also introduced in the House the same day. For more information about the Leahy-Collins resolution, click the link above.

Milestones in EPA Mercury Rulemaking
July 2005
The EPA has dramatically reversed course on mercury regulation, rescinding its prior decision to require all power plants to reduce their mercury pollution by the maximum extent--as the Clean Air Act requires--and instead adopting an industry-favored cap-and-trade plan for mercury emissions. For a list of major events in the rulemaking process since the EPA announced its proposed rule in 2003, please click on the link above. Links to associated documents are included for all listed events.

Available, Affordable Solutions: Reducing Power Plant Mercury Emissions (PDF)
August 2005
Effective technologies to achieve swift, steep reductions in toxic mercury pollution from power plants are both available and affordable.  For more information, click on the link above.