What else can Biden do to make it more difficult for industry to succeed in America instead of China?
E&E News (2/9/24) reports: "EPA has finalized the nation’s first-ever limits on emissions of mercury, a heavy metal linked to brain damage, at taconite plants, but environmental groups and Great Lakes tribes say the protections don’t go far enough. The Clean Air Act rule sets for the first time limits on mercury pollution at a handful of Midwestern iron ore processing plants. The rule is expected to reduce about 33 percent — or 247 pounds — of mercury each year, ultimately reducing the amount that’s deposited over the Midwest’s lands and waters, according to EPA. Taconite iron ore processing plants are used to separate and concentrate iron ore from taconite, a low-grade iron ore. The plants produce taconite pellets, which are used in blast furnaces to make iron and steel and in the cement industry."
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"From robotic tank inspectors to Smart Pigs to record information about the internal conditions of pipelines to gas cloud imaging, drones, machine learning and real-time communication across equipment through the Internet of Things, oil and gas companies are investing in technologies to improve safety and production efficiency, reduce emissions and more accurately determine where resources are located.”
-Ed Longanecker, TIPRO President
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