Mercury Study Bolsters Senator's Push For EPA Grant Reforms

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-OK) is citing EPA funding for a controversial Harvard University study -- which found significantly higher benefits from reducing mercury pollution than the agency found in its controversial power plant mercury rule -- to push EPA Administrator-nominee Stephen Johnson to tighten control over grant funds. Inhofe is also citing the study to launch a broader inquiry into how often EPA has funded studies conducted with the involvement of EPA employees or...