{"id":281,"date":"2010-12-15T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/markets\/?p=281"},"modified":"2010-12-14T22:42:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T03:42:27","slug":"there-they-go-again-part-two-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/markets\/2010\/12\/15\/there-they-go-again-part-two-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"There They Go Again, Part Two: Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes cap and trade isn&#8217;t the best solution. Call me a purist, but I want my kid&#8217;s amniotic fluid to be toxin-free. In the case of mercury, direct regulation is the best way to go.<\/p>\n<p>It also shows that carbon can have some good uses after all. Activated Carbon Injection can reduce mercury pollution from power plants by 90 percent.\u00a0It&#8217;s clean(er), readily available, already deployed large scale, and affordable. 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