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Coal ash bedevils Oklahoma town, revealing weakness of EPA rule
2016-07-04 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Public Integrity: Here in the land of wind-whipped, rolling plains, the gray dust, which sparkles in just the right light, seems inescapable. Residents of this town near the Arkansas line say they have spotted it on their grass, trees, ponds, barns, furniture and cars. The source of Bokoshes enduring misery is coal ash, an often-toxic byproduct of burning coal for electricity. Clouds of it, swirling like tornadoes at times, descend upon people while they sit in their yards and mow their lawns. The powdery material...
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