The EPA has announced it will try to tighten control over sulpher dioxode (SO2) emissions...a decision that will set up another round of battles between coal-fired power plant owners and the Feds.
Just a few years ago, Alabama Power paid $200-Million to settle a lawsuit involving SO2 and other emissions from it's Miller Steam plant. Perhaps that investment will make it easier now for the utility to meet the new prorposed EPA limits. But the EPA announcement also comes on the heels of a report identifying Birmingham as one of the cities with the dirtiest air in the country. And the Miller plant contributes to that problem.
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