The Healthy Air Act requires six old, coal-burning power plants to cut down emissions of three harmful pollutants: nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and mercury. Two of the affected plants are in Anne Arundel County.
It also requires the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multi-state effort aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
"Together with the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, today's announcement...
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