Environmental

Trump Administration Guts Safeguards for Nation’s No. 2 Toxic Pollution Threat

Coal Ash
North Carolina coal ash plant and pond. Photos courtesy of Waterkeeper Alliance

Coal ash waste linked to cancer, heart disease, stroke, brain damage

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 2, 2018

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By: Lisa Evans,

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided yesterday afternoon that it will gut the critical protections afforded by the first-ever federal rule that provides health and environmental safeguards for communities near toxic coal ash waste dumps.

Coal ash map
Hundreds of contaminated sites and spills have been…

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