Tag Archives: coal ash
U.S. Elections vs. the Environment: The Stigma of Successful Regulation
The current administration’s environmental policies have frequently been a disappointment, but the choice in the November elections seems sure to be between disappointment and disaster. Continue reading
Coal Ash Trial Spilling Past TVA
The verdict is still out on TVA’s potential liabilities. But no matter what the decision will be, the utility industry knows that at least some changes are coming as to how coal ash is regulated. Continue reading
Coal Ash: Ask the Kansas Congressional Delegation to Put People Ahead of Polluters
Topic: Congressional vote on HR 2273 and the House Appropriations Bill for the Department of the Interior, legislation that would block attempts to regulate coal combustion waste disposal, protect polluters, and put Americans at significant risk from hazardous pollution. Action: … Continue reading
Concealed Weapons Against the Environment
By Robert B. Semple, Jr. for The New York Times While almost no one was looking, House Republicans embarked last week on a broad assault on the nation’s environmental laws, using as their weapon the 2012 spending bill for the … Continue reading
Protect Missourians
Letter to the Editor of StlToday.com from Elizabeth N. Schmidt U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill has vowed to protect America’s seniors by defending Medicare, so it’s saddening to see her not defending America’s children from unregulated toxic coal ash ponds and … Continue reading
Tr-Ash Talk: EPA Delays Leave Americans at Risk
By Lisa Evans for EarthJustice Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released final assessment reports that detail the structural integrity of 38 coal ash dams. The agency began inspecting coal ash dams in May 2009, and EPA contractors have, to … Continue reading
Oklahoma Town Fears Cancer, Asthma May be Linked to Dump Site
EPA Proposed Declaring Coal Ash Hazardous Waste, Considering More Lenient Standards By Jim Sciutto for ABC Nightly News with Diane Sawyer (video story at link) Many residents of Bokoshe, Okla., have a common fear: a coal ash dump site. “It’s … Continue reading
EPA Failed to Assess Coal Risks, IG Finds
By George A. Warner for GovernmentExecutive.com The Environmental Protection Agency recommended using coal waste in roads, buildings and other construction for about a decade without adequately assessing the damage it could cause, according to a newreport from EPA’s inspector general. From 2001 … Continue reading
Coal Ash Should be Better Regulated by EPA, Say Investors
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should adopt federally-enforceable regulations governing coal ash disposal to prevent costly environmental and public health impacts, says a group of investors representing over $240 billion in assets under management in a public comment letter submitted to the EPA today. This letter comes the day before a public hearing in Chicago on the proposed regulations. Continue reading
