date:Dec 05, 2012
e more than 20 years in the making to crack down on mercury emissions from power plants, the largest U.S. industrial source of the pollution. But much more can be done to move away from dirty energy sources that emit mercury and other harmful pollutants and transition to clean, renewable energy.
Sources of mercury contamination in Maine include older landfills, Evers said, along with airborne contamination, primarily from out-of-state coal-fired power plants. Waste incineration plants, pestici