EPA Implements New Rules to Reduce Power Plant Pollution.
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The EPA issued a new "good neighbor" rule that will restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution they can't control. Nearly two-dozen states will have to cut harmful industrial emissions of nitrogen oxide and other pollutants to improve air quality for millions of people living in downwind communities. The final rule will save thousands of lives, keep tens of thousands of people out of the hospital, prevent millions of asthma attacks and reduce sick days, according to the agency.
- The EPA's new 'good neighbor' rule targets downwind pollution by power plants NPR
- E.P.A. Tells Dozens of States to Clean Up Their Smokestacks The New York Times
- EPA finalizes rule to cut down on harmful smog and pollution from power plants CNN
- EPA rule would make power plants cut smog-forming pollution The Washington Post
- News Wrap: EPA issues rule to curb power plant pollution PBS NewsHour
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