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NRDC: EPA Coal Ash Rule Fails To Protect Public Health And Waterways
2014-12-22 01:27:51| publicworks Home Page
The Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited rule on disposal of toxic ash from coal-burning power plants falls far short of what’s needed to protect the public and our waterways from the millions of tons of dangerous sludge that is produced annually, the Natural Resources Defense Council said recently.
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New EPA Reg Preserves Coal Ash Recycling for Construction Materials
2014-12-21 21:53:13| ENR.com: Headline News
Environmental groups had advocated for a hazardous designation for the coal by-product.
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EPA coal ash standards a setback for environmental groups
2014-12-20 11:31:29| Energy - Topix.net
In this Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 file image provided by Greenpeace, coal ash slurry left behind in a containment pond near the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant is shown in Harriman, Tenn., after the dyke at left broke Dec. 22, 2008. The Obama administration is under court order to unveil the rule Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 ending a six-year effort that began after the massive spill at the Tennessee power plant in 2008.
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E.P.A. Issues New Rules on Disposal of Coal Ash
2014-12-20 04:06:24| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced the first federal guidelines for disposing of coal ash, instructing power plants to implement safeguards against contaminating nearby water supplies. But the agency did not require many of the restrictions that had been urged by environmentalists and other advocates, who point to studies showing coal ash the material that remains when coal is burned to produce electricity contains a significant amount of carcinogens. This rule is a pragmatic...
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New EPA Standards Label Toxic Coal Ash Non-Hazardous
2014-12-19 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new national standards designating coal ash - a nearly ubiquitous byproduct of coal-fired power plants that contains arsenic and lead - as non-hazardous waste. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports that coal-fired power plants produce more than 130 million tons of the coal ash each year and they have long stored millions of tons of it in giant ponds. But many of those ponds have failed in recent years, allowing contaminated water to get into rivers and...
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