Senate Effort To Repeal Mercury Emissions Rule Defeated
14th Sep 2005, 14:25 GMT
The Senate narrowly turned back a challenge to the Bush administration's strategy on mercury pollution Tuesday, leaving intact federal rules that give power plants flexibility in how they reduce emissions of the dangerous toxin.
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