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NASHVILLE (AP) - An environmental group is launching a statewide television ad campaign to thank Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander for opposing an effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency from setting the first federal standards to reduce toxic air pollution from power plants.
The Environmental Defense Fund said Tuesday it is spending about $200,000 to air the ad in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, Jackson and Memphis this week.
The groups said the ads are meant to applaud Alexander for what it calls taking "a courageous stand for the people of his home state."
Alexander was among five Republicans who voted against the measure sponsored by Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma that sought to scrap an Obama administration rule aimed at curbing air pollution from primarily coal-fired power plants.
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