Looking for people with knowledge about Bushs mercury regulations

[katym]

I apologize as I've posted a version of this before, but I'm still in desperate need of opinions on how he's been regulating (or not regulating, *cough cough*) mercury.
I've got almost all the research I need to begin writing, but before I perform the speech in front of judges (I'm a collegiate forensics performer) I'd like to know some opinions out there, some facts you've heard, etc, on how he's handled this.
Thanks for any help!
-kates

[Nadienne]

1. Hope this helps...

From Now with Bill Moyers 6/25/04

"The thing is, for a known neurotoxin like mercury, the Clean Air Act has a specific set of rules: emissions need to be reduced at each and every power plant by the best available technology. But the EPA's preferred plan lumps mercury in with plain old pollutants where more lenient rules apply."

"BRANCACCIO: Jeffrey Holmstead says the EPA's preferred plan is more cost effective and efficient. It's called cap-and-trade.

Instead of forcing each and every coal-fired plant to cut mercury emissions, cap-and-trade lets power plants that do a good job controlling mercury sell pollution credits to plants that do a bad job of it, even though it's a toxic element and not run-of-the-mill pollution."


http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript326_full.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Try these articles too

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=site:www%2Ecommondreams%2Eorg+mercury+standards