Agreement on controlling mercury emissions

The World

The Bush administration resisted efforts for an international agreement to control mercury pollution. But the Obama administration has taken a different position. And that’s made way for a new agreement among environmental officials around the world. The World’s Environmental Editor Peter Thomson has the story.

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