Published 4 years ago

EPA may violate courts with new rule extending life of unlined coal ash ponds

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will allow utilities to store toxic waste from coal in open, unlined pits — a move that may defy a court order requiring the agency to close certain types of so-called coal ash ponds that may be leaking contaminants into water.

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News18 India

EPA Letting Some Hazardous Coal Ash Ponds Stay Open Longer

The Trump administration will let some leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds stay in operation for years more and some unlined ponds to stay open indefinitely under a rule change announced Friday.

4 years ago·India

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Associated Press News

EPA letting some hazardous coal ash ponds stay open longer

4 years ago·United States

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Washington Times

EPA letting some hazardous coal ash ponds stay open longer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Trump administration will let some leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds stay in operation for years more and some unlined ponds to stay open indefinitely under a rule change announced Friday.The move by the Environmental Protection Agency is the administration's latest rollback ...

4 years ago·United States

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The Hill

EPA may violate courts with new rule extending life of unlined coal ash ponds

4 years ago·Washington, United States

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The Daily Caller

Court Refuses To Grant 10-Day Ballot Extension Deadline For Navajo Nation Members In Arizona

A court rejected a request by members of the Navajo Nation in Arizona to extend the deadline that mail-in ballots could be counted.

4 years ago·Washington, United States

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MY Northwest

EPA letting some hazardous coal ash ponds stay open longer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Trump administration will let some leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds stay in operation for years more and some unlined ponds to stay open indefinitely under a rule change announced Friday.The move by the Environmental Protection Agency is the administration’s latest rollback of environmental and public health regulations governing operators of coal-fired power plants, which are taking hits financia…

4 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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