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U.S. Energy Company Brought to Trial in Canada

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07/11/2008

In the first court case of its kind, a U.S. coal-fired power plant operator faces prosecution in Canada for trans-boundary pollution. The Ontario Court of Justice announced the trial date this Monday.

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