June 7, 2012
Three Michigan coal-fired power plants owned by DTE, including a Monroe plant that is the second-largest producer of mercury pollution among 144 plants in the Great Lakes region, joined a political debate Wednesday even though DTE fully expects to meet tough new federal pollution rules by 2015.
On Wednesday, the Natural Resources Defense Council raised concerns about efforts in the U.S. Senate to block the rules that would cut emissions in the eight states by about 90%.