EPA to review power plant rule WASHINGTON (AP) -- The
Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing part of a
controversial rule that sets the first federal standards to
reduce toxic air pollution from power plants. The rule was
issued in December. It's aimed at curbing mercury and other
toxic pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants. The
Obama administration calls the rule a sensible step to reduce
pollution, but Republicans have denounced it as a part of a "war
on coal." The rule could force hundreds of the nation's oldest
and dirtiest power plants to clean up or shut down.