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EPA’s First-Ever Coal Ash Rule Leaves Communities to Protect Themselves

Rule leaves critical gaps in protection from toxic coal ash

Annette Gibbs and her husband William stand in their front yard, near the Arrowhead Landfill in Perry County, AL.

Annette Gibbs and her husband William stand in their front yard, near the Arrowhead Landfill in Perry County, AL. Four million cubic yards of toxic coal ash were scooped up from Harriman, TN, the site of the nation’s worst toxic spill, and dumped at the landfill. The coal ash is now poisoning the area’s air and water.  Chris Jordan-Bloch/Earthjustice
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014.  The…

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