"Va. firm to pay millions in pollution settlement" by Jeremy C. Fox | Globe correspondent, April 02, 2013
A Virginia-based energy company that owns the largest coal-fired power plant in New England has agreed to pay millions of dollars in fines and to fund environmental projects in several states as part of a settlement to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.
Doesn't coal create fog, 'er, smog?
Dominion Energy will pay the government $3.4 million in fines and spend nearly $10 million on projects, the EPA and the US Justice Department said in a statement. Those projects are aimed at improving the environment and benefiting the public health in communities surrounding the Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Mass., and coal-fired power plants in Kincaid, Ill., and State Line, Ind., the agencies said....
The EPA touted the environmental benefits of the settlement....
Just like the SEC and Justice Department tout settlements with banks.
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