Luminant failed to protect Texans from toxic air pollution

Power plant emits more than 800 tons of soot every year

The Martin Lake coal plant, located near Longview, Texas, is one of the dirtiest coal plants in the nation. It ranks as the worst mercury polluter among all U.S. coal plants, releasing a staggering 1,764 pounds in 2008, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory. In Texas, Martin Lake ranked third for asthma-causing…

Dirty power plant highest in mercury emissions in U.S.; Action taken after Texas agency ignores problem and fails to act