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Article: High court ruling aids power plants ; Says costs can be considered in protecting fish
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 2, 2009
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the
government can weigh costs against benefits in deciding whether to
order power plants to undertake environmental upgrades that would
protect fish.
The court's 6-3 decision is a defeat for environmentalists who
had urged the justices to uphold a favorable federal appeals court
ruling that could have required an estimated 554 power plants to
install technology that relies on recycled water to cool machinery.
By reducing water intake, the closed-cycle cooling also results
in fewer fish being sucked into the system or smashed to death
against screens. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates water-
intake systems at power plants kill ...