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A New Pollution Battlefront

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a new rule on sulfur dioxide emissions that will impact coal plants in Texas. As KUT’s Erika Aguilar reports, it comes as tensions between the EPA and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality continue are boiling over.

By Erika Aguilar, KUT News
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The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a new rule on sulfur dioxide emissions that will impact coal plants in Texas. As KUT’s Erika Aguilar reports, it comes as tensions between the EPA and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality continue are boiling over.

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