Chesapeake Bay EPA Lawsuit

A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court , seeking a firm and enforceable new deadline for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require deep reductions in mercury and other toxic air pollutants emitted from coal- and oil-fired power plants near the Chesapeake Bay. Power plants are the nation’s largest unregulated source of mercury pollution, and also emit enormous quantities of lead, arsenic and other hazardous chemicals. If successful, the lawsuit would end six years of delay by the Bush administration.

Scott Drake talks with Jon Mueller, Director of Litigation for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation