The Electric Power Industry and Mercury Regulation: Protective, Cost-Effective, and Market-Based Solutions

EM: Air and Waste Management Association's Magazine for Environmental Managers

Volumn , Issue APR., 2002, Pages 15-21

  Rossler, Michael T ^a  

^a Edison Electric Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MERCURY (METAL); PUBLIC POLICY;

SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION (SCR);

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 0142029614     PISSN: 10889981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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