Region ranks high for mercury pollution

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A U.S. PIRG report ranks Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama among the worst 20 states for mercury pollution from power plants, with Alabama fifth-worst, Georgia 12th, and Tennessee 18th. Stephen A. Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, criticizes the EPA's new cap-and-trade mercury rule as insufficiently protective for human health and the environment, while TVA and Southern Co. defend their emissions control efforts and the cost-effectiveness of the cap-and-trade system.