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Mercury
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Energy Business Law
What Comes Next for Mercury Emissions from Power Plants?
The U.S. Supreme Court held this morning that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted unreasonably when it determined in 2000, and again in 2012, that it was “appropriate and…
Renewable + Law
Regulate vs. Replace: Hg Ct in MN Affirms State Commission’s Application of Mercury Emissions Reduction Statute
By Sarah Johnson Phillips, Andrew Moratzka
Last year, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved investor owned utility Minnesota Power’s mercury emissions reduction plan for the 585 MW Boswell Unit 4, its largest coal-fired power plant. Minnesota’s…
Food Safety News
Consumer Group Helps Calculate Safest Seafood
By Lydia Zuraw
Concerned that the government’s advice regarding seafood consumption is too simplistic, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released its own consumer guide on the subject. “The developing brain during pregnancy…
Food Safety News
Groups Say Latest Seafood Guidance May Not Protect Consumers
By Lydia Zuraw
Consumer advocates are concerned that the recently updated federal guidance encouraging pregnant women, nursing mothers and children to consume two to three servings of fish and shellfish a week oversimplifies its…
Food Safety News
Agencies Update Seafood Guidance for Pregnant Women
By News Desk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have issued draft updated advice on fish consumption that is consistent with recommendations in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. It recommends…
Food Safety News
FDA to Update Mercury in Seafood Guidance for Pregnant Women
By News Desk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responding to a lawsuit concerning the levels of mercury in seafood by updating its guidance for pregnant women and young children. "It's an…
Energy & the Law
What’s the EPA Been Up To Lately?
Our wardens at the EPA are “racing to turn out new regulations before the clock runs out on President Obama’s term”, says The Hill. The EPA is revising its Mercury and…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Mercury Regulations for Electric Utilities Upheld
By Mack McGuffey, Peter Glaser, Margaret Campbell
On April 15, 2014, one year and one day before the compliance deadline, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit fully upheld EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). As…
Food Safety News
Consumer Advocates Sue FDA to Require Better Information About Seafood Mercury Levels
By News Desk
The latest lawsuit brought against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concerns the levels of mercury in the seafood we eat. The Center for Science in the Public Interest and…
Food Poison Journal
Mercury and Dioxins Prompt Texas Fish Warning
By Bill Marler
The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued a fish consumption advisory for portions of the Neches River Basin, including Sam Rayburn Reservoir and B.A. Steinhagen Reservoir. The advisory…