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Environmental Group Blacklists Two Coal Plants Over Mercury Emissions

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A national environmental group says Wisconsin has two of the dirtiest coal fired power plants in the country when it comes to mercury emissions.But the state could fall off the list due to stricter rules that were recently adopted by the Department of Natural Resources.Patty Murray reports…

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