Mercury main focus of meeting at park

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Environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, gathered at French Broad River Park to call for stricter EPA restrictions on mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants. Ulla Reeves of SACE noted that coal plants are the nation's largest industrial source of mercury emissions, which accumulate in fish and can cause developmental harm to children. North Carolina utilities argue that the state's Clean Smokestacks Act will reduce mercury pollution by 65 percent through scrubber technology, though environmental groups contend the EPA's proposal remains too weak.