LANSING, MI — Michigan Attorney General Jennifer M. Granholm, commenting on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed changes to air pollution rules governing coal-fired power plants and oil refineries, expressed deep concern over the Bush administration’s plan, saying it will weaken clean air standards and impede the state’s ability to require coal plants to upgrade their pollution control equipment.
According to Granholm, the proposed rule changes will allow industry to expand production and increase plant emissions without simultaneously investing in air pollution control equipment as required under existing federal law.