On May 2 the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds the second of two days of hearings on cutting mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania.

Witnesses scheduled to testify are: Gene Barr, PA Chamber of Business and Industry; Eugene M. Trisko, United Mine Workers of America/ International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; George Ellis, the Pennsylvania Coal Association; Myron Arnowitt, Clean Water Action; and Dr. Jack Snyder of the Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy.

The Committee is chaired by Sen. Mary Jo White (R-Venango), Majority Chair, and Sen. Ray Musto (D-Luzerne), Minority Chair.

4/28/2006