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Ontario Joins American Anti-pollution Lawsuit - Frost__2001 - 05-11-2006
Ontario joins American anti-pollution lawsuit
Canadian Press
WASHINGTON â Ontario has joined a U.S. lawsuit in a bid to force six American coal-fired plants in the Midwest to install modern pollution control equipment.
Environment Minister Laurel Broten says the plants are among the worst emitters of air pollution in the United States that makes its way over the border.
Ontario filed a brief this week against Cinergy Corporation at the request of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
Broten is also meeting with politicians on Capitol Hill to gather support for co-operative action on anti-pollution measures.
She says the Bush administration has imposed a regressive environmental policy with serious consequences for Ontario.
Transboundary pollution causes more than 2,700 premature deaths a year in the province, Broten says, and more than $5.2 billion in health and environmental damages.
In February, Ontario filed objections with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over planned regulation changes. The province contends they'd allow coal-burning plants to operate longer hours and pollute more.
Broten says the province is doing its part by pledging to close its coal-fired electricity plants and replace them with cleaner energy sources.