Editorial: Potlatch sends mixed message on toxic output

Susan D. shares an interesting read from Jim Fisher published in the Lewiston Tribune. Here’s an excerpt of this editorial:

Potlatch sends mixed message on toxic output

Surely Idaho has not rejected new coal-fired power plants to block their airborne mercury emissions in order to permit an existing mill to pump mercury into the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley.

If that is not Potlatch Corp.’s intention as it seeks authorization to burn municipal garbage and demolition scrap for fuel, why does it oppose a call to tighten lax state standards on the hazardous pollutant?

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