posted on February 17, 2006 01:09:21 PM new
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ontario, Canada's most populous province, is challenging a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal that it says would allow higher emissions from nearby coal-burning power plants.
The proposed change to the U.S. New Source Review program would probably cause more smog to drift into Ontario because it would ease pollution controls for many plants in neighboring U.S. states such as Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, Ontario's Ministry of the Environment said in a news release.
Environment Minister Laurel Broten filed comments with the EPA today detailing the province's concerns. Ontario claims that more than half of its air pollution stems from the U.S., particularly from electric utilities. The province says poor air quality has hurt the economy and health of its citizens.
``Smog doesn't respect international borders, neither do the ill effects,'' Greg Flynn, head of the Ontario Medical Association, said in a statement.
Under New Source Review, U.S. plant owners are required to install emission controls when they make improvements that increase output.
The EPA has sought to change some rules related to the law to make it less likely that such emissions upgrades would be triggered. U.S. President George W. Bush also has proposed repealing an air pollution law in favor of capping emissions nationwide and allowing the trading of pollution credits.
EPA officials didn't immediately return a call seeking comment about Ontario's filing.
posted on February 17, 2006 01:21:28 PM new
That's a switch. For years Canada has been producing acid rain out of it's coal burning plants polluting the boundry waters canoe area. Not calling it right, just pointing out the irony.
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Many misleading tricks in 2006. The new Demomoron slogan.
posted on February 17, 2006 02:22:56 PM new
From Environment Canada, Stonecold -
Canada cannot win the fight against acid rain on its own. Only reducing acidic emissions in both Canada and the U.S. will stop acid rain. More than half of the acid deposition in eastern Canada originates from emissions in the United States. Areas such as southeastern Ontario (Longwoods) and Sutton, Quebec receive about three-quarters of their acid deposition from the United States. In 1995, the estimated transboundary flow of sulphur dioxide from the United States to Canada was between 3.5 and 4.2 millions of tonnes per year.
