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The overwhelming need to reduce mercury pollution has been a focal point for environmental activists and government regulators alike. Even the Bush Administration has called for a gradual 70% nationwide reduction in mercury emissions. For the most part, these reductions were to be achieved through the implementation of cap and trade policies similar to those used in efforts to combat sulfur dioxide emissions. However, there is significant doubt as to whether the power companies have the ability or the money to hit the 90% reduction targets that will be imposed by states such as Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota in 2015. As a result, power companies are scrambling to develop technologies that would essentially strip mercury from the emissions generated through the incineration of coal.