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"We cannot accept that our state is laden with more toxic mercury pollution than nearly anywhere else in the nation and do nothing about it." Gov. Rendell

Mercury from coal-fired power plants - currently responsible for the bulk of all mercury emitted in Pennsylvania - is expected to fall by 90 percent over the next nine years under a plan approved yesterday by a state regulatory board.

The plan, vigorously debated for two years and heavily opposed by power plants and mining companies, trumps a weaker federal rule. Pennsylvania would join Illinois as the first major coal-producing states to move beyond the federal limits and make them tougher - if measures to do so in both states become final.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/16032467.htm

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