The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule for mercury reductions from coal-fired utility boilers is unlikely to provide significant health benefits.

This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the costs and benefits of regulating mercury emissions using the effects on IQ levels as a measure of benefits.

The fifteen year mercury saga offers insights into the politics and economics of environmental regulation, and illustrates several policy lessons for future regulation.

Mercury is a persistent and naturally occurring metal that has provoked substantial concern because methyl mercury (an organic form) accumulates in fish and can cause subtle neurological deficiencies in children who have been exposed to it in the womb.

In both the nitrogen oxide and mercury rules, the Environmental Protection Agency is correctly leaving permit allocation decisions to the states.

If the EPA proceeds with carbon regulation and power plants are forced to close, energy costs will climb and companies will have less money available for the very research on clean-energy technologies that we need in order to stay competitive with China and other countries.

With gas prices soaring, we can't ignore the success of horizontal hydraulic fracturing of shale gas and the profound importance of natural gas on America's energy future.The availability of cheap natural gas is expected to continue well into the future.

The Clear Skies Initiative will raise electricity prices while providing few or no health benefits to the breathing public.