Statement on Legal Actions Defending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

Over 20 organizations have initiated legal actions to protect the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which have reduced toxic air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants by 96 percent. These actions include challenging an EPA rule that reversed the finding that regulating hazardous air pollutant emissions from these plants is 'appropriate', and intervening in a lawsuit filed by Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC to defend the MATS rule against the coal industry.

• The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule, established in 2012, has achieved a 96 percent reduction in toxic air pollutants emitted by oil- and coal-fired power plants, including mercury, arsenic, cadmium, other metals, and acid gases.

APA

Weeks, A., & Hashimoto, H. (2020). Statement on Legal Actions Defending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/2020/06/statement-on-legal-actions-defending-mats-june-19-2020/

Chicago

Weeks, Ann, and Hayden Hashimoto. Statement on Legal Actions Defending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Clean Air Task Force, 2020. https://www.catf.us/2020/06/statement-on-legal-actions-defending-mats-june-19-2020/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{weeks2020statement, author = {Weeks, Ann and Hashimoto, Hayden}, title = {{Statement on Legal Actions Defending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2020}, month = jun, url = {https://www.catf.us/2020/06/statement-on-legal-actions-defending-mats-june-19-2020/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }