In a day-long hearing Thursday before New York legislators that was at times slowed by audience jeers and shouting, regulators and business leaders urged the state to support expanding natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale.
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EPA: Utilities, Mines Worst U.S. Polluters
More toxic pollution is emitted from electric utilities andmines than any other industries in the U.S. — up to 63% of thenation’s reported releases — according to the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency. The EPA released its annual Toxic ChemicalInventory Report last week, which for the first time includedfossil fuel-burning utilities – but it wasn’t a “first” for whichthe industries would most like to be known.
EPA: Utilities, Mines Worst U.S. Polluters
More toxic pollution is emitted from electric utilities andmines than any other industries in the U.S. — up to 63% of thenation’s reported releases — according to the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency. The EPA released its annual Toxic ChemicalInventory Report yesterday, which for the first time includedfossil fuel-burning utilities — but it wasn’t a “first” for whichthe industries would most like to be known.