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Landmark new law will clean up power plants

On May 31, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Healthy Air Act, a bill to reduce emissions from the dirtiest power plants in the state. Gov. Ehrlich signed the bill one week later.
The Healthy Air Act will require our dirtiest plants to modernize.
Coal-fired power plants are the largest industrial source of smog, soot, mercury and global warming pollution. The Healthy Air Act will require our dirtiest plants to modernize.

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