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Why shifting regulatory power to the states won't improve the environment

  • Written by Michael A. Livermore, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageTo comply with air pollution laws, midwest energy companies built tall smokestacks to displace pollutants. This one at Indiana's Rockport Generating Station is 1,038 feet high, just 25 feet shorter than the Eiffel Tower.Don Sniegowski, CC BY-NC-SA

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