Senate Defeats Inhofe Measure to Overturn EPA’s Coal-Plant Rule
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The Senate rejected a measure that would overturn a U.S. regulation to cut mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, a rule that is among the most expensive issued by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Senator James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, sponsored the resolution, which failed today 46-53. The administration of President Barack Obama had threatened to veto the bill had it passed both houses, citing the health and economic gains of cleaning up pollution.