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linked cardiovascular, neurodegenerative and respiratory diseases to air pollution.
"My mother died from asthma here in 2013, in Fort Bend County. I have asthma, and I know plenty of people over here have asthma," Donna Thomas, who runs the group Fort Bend Environmental, said. Public comment on "the regional haze rule" is open until Aug. 2. It is a revision of a 2017 EPA measure intended to reduce industrial haze in national parks created by coal-fired power plants like WA Parish.
If passed, the EPA predicts it will decrease sulfur dioxide emissions by 80,000 tons per year. In turn, it is improving air quality in neighborhoods like Thomas'. The WA Parish Plant gives off about 34,000 tons of sulfur dioxide per year."NRG is assessing the proposed EPA regional haze rule and the impact it could have on WA Parish Units 5 and 6, and will provide responses to the EPA during the public comment period.
"...WA Parish plays a vital role in providing much needed power in the ERCOT market, especially during the extended hot weather that we've experienced this summer," the spokesperson added.
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