Lawyers urge EPA action to tackle cross-border pollution

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Attorneys general urge the Environmental Protection Agency to implement Transport Rule designed to stop pollution crossing state borders

Two US attorneys general have urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to delay a law which would prevent pollution drifting across state borders from fossil fuel-fired power plants and help...

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