Clearer skies?

October

Maybe the skies over the Hudson Valley will be a bit clearer now that an Ohio company agreed to reduce emissions blamed for smog and acid rain in the region. The settlement was announced yesterday and stems from a lawsuit brought in part by New York state. From the Baltimore Sun:

The EPA, a dozen environmental groups and eight states—Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont—brought the lawsuit against AEP in 1999 during the Clinton administration. They accused the energy company of rebuilding coal-fired power plants without installing pollution controls as required under the Clean Air Act.”

American Electric Power agreed to spend $4.6 billion to install controls to reduce those emissions.

Read more about the settlement in my colleague Greg Clary’s story, which speaks to the Hudson Highlands, the Catskills and the Adirondacks being affected by acid rain.

One Response to “Clearer skies?”

Bob October 15th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
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