Two leading Great Lakes states are so far refusing to crack down on toxic mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. How does that square with their Great Lakes protection vows?
Environmental groups pulled their formal challenge to Minnesota's mercury reduction plan Friday and instead will likely take their case to federal court.
The groups claim the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's mercury reduction plan fails to cut mercury levels enough to protect the state's lakes, fish and people who eat fish from mercury poisoning.
Environmentalists - who were told that Granholm would act quickly after the release of a report from a mercury task force last summer - are weary.
"I'm getting ready to put out some extremely harsh language if there's no action on this issue within weeks," said Lana Pollack, president of the Michigan Environmental Council.
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Posted by Dave at January 23, 2006 06:42 PM