The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new national standard this week that will require coal-fired plants in Texas to reduce mercury emissions. As Erika Aguilar of KUT News reports, the tighter regulations could prove costly for Texas' electric companies.
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Dale Curry
Ultimately, the new EPA standards will lower overall costs in health related issues driven in no small part by the pollution reductions these new standards create.