LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)-- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced she is joining 17 other state attorneys general to oppose the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to repeal the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule and revert to outdated standards that would harm the environment and public health.

A news release sent to 6 News explains that mercury and other hazardous air pollutants disproportionately harm people who live near coal- and oil-fired power plants.

“Weakening clean air protections will force communities living downwind from power plants to breathe mercury and other dangerous pollutants that threaten our health and our environment,” Nessel said. “I am proud to stand with my colleagues against unlawfully rolling back standards that protect M

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