The largest settlement in US history for air pollution from a power plant? In these times, I almost can't believe the Bush administration allowed anything like this to occur during their watch.
In the largest environmental settlement in Justice Department history, American Electric Power has agreed to install $4.6 billion in equipment to sharply reduce emissions at coal-fired power plants in five states, sources said.
AEP, one of the nation's largest power producers, owns coal-fired plants in the Ohio River Valley.
The record settlement comes eight years after the Justice Department, headed by then-Attorney General Janet Reno, filed suit alleging AEP and six other power companies had "illegally released massive amounts of air pollutants for years."
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