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Report: Ohio 2nd in power plant mercury emissions

Ohio's power plants emit more mercury pollution than power plants in 48 other states.

That's according to new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data outlined in Environment Ohio's latest report, Ohio's Biggest Mercury Polluters: How Cleaning Up Power Plants in the State and Across the Nation Will Protect Our Health.

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Environment groups, utility debate report on increasing CO2 emissions as House clips EPA clout

Even as congressional debate revolves around the cost and clout of the U.S. EPA -- particularly in its authority over greenhouse gas emissions -- new numbers on carbon emissions are stoking the argument.

An environmental group released a report Friday that said emissions from power plants in the United States rose 5.56 percent from 2009 to 2010 -- the biggest annual increase since the EPA began tracking emissions in 1995.