Reuters: The proceeds from the U.S. Environmental Agency’s 2009 sulfur dioxide (SO2) auction fell more than 80 percent to $9.6 million, the lowest since 1998 and possibly the lowest since the EPA started auctioning SO2 allowances in 1993. The EPA released the results of the Monday auction on Tuesday showing the proceeds fell from $65.8 million last year. Officials at the EPA could not comment on the proceeds of past auctions. The EPA holds the auction each year for the current …