Mining Execs: EPA Rules on Coal-Fired Plants Endanger Public Health

DENVER, COLORADO--May 19, 2015--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Tough proposed rules on coal-burning power plants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Washington, D.C.) will endanger public health, make electricity more scarce, and force consumers to make gut-wrenching choices between energy, food and medicine, speakers told the 2nd Annual Colorado Energy Expo last week in Denver. Speakers decried the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) and the forthcoming Clean Power Plan (CPP).

Within this article: Speeches from the 2nd Annual Colorado Energy Expo regarding new EPA rules.

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