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Planet of the AEP
Utility company AEP to pay billions in acid-rain settlement |
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09 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 6:45 AM on 09 Oct 2007 The utility company American Electric Power has agreed to pay some $4.6 billion to reduce acid-rain-causing emissions from some of its power plants in the U.S. Northeast, as well as $60 million to clean up specific waterways and parks, and $15 million in civil penalties, all to settle a long-running lawsuit brought by the U.S. EPA, nine states, and over a dozen environmental groups in ... |
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