Kirby speaks in Minneapolis on May 25th..EPA knowingly mislead nation, report shows.

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Hi ! Thanks very much for introducing me to EOHarm . This should be a very interesting group... I just saw the following article in tonight's Eau paper. I think it will interest you. WASHINGTON--" An internal Environmental Protection Agency report estimates the Southeast alone could reap up to $2 Billion dollars a year in benefits from reducing mercury pollution--far greater than the $50 million dollars in benfits the agency projected for the entire nation. Critics said the report shows the Bush administration sought to minimize the benefits from reducing mercury pollution in order to justify not requiring power plant owners to buy the most effective technology for lowering mercury emissions". "EPA has a track record of witholding information that doesn't support their agenda, and this is the latest example," said Felice Stadler, a National Wildlife Federation policy specialist. A seperate EPA-commisioned study released in February by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis estimated there could be $5 Billion dollars a year in public health benefits from a 62.5% cut in the mercury released by power plants. That study too was excluded from consideration in the new rule the EPA released in March."..I would love to know your thoughts on this. Tim

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