US EditionBurning coal leaves dangerous waste. Trump's EPA eyes looser rules for handling it
- In 2022, federal officials rebuked a coal plant by the Ohio River for waste issues.
- Coal ash, a byproduct of burning coal, presents disposal challenges and environmental risks.
- The crackdown aimed to keep arsenic and lead out of water, avoid spills, and lower cancer rates.
- The coal industry asked for weaker rules; Michelle Bloodworth said regulations aimed to close plants.
- Rules set deadlines for cleanup, but changes may lower costs and delay plant retirements.
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Ozone, cars and coal: A very special carbon edition
Bless you, Colorado, in both the philosophical sense and in the hyper-local meaning of gesundheit when an April zephyr drives cherry blossom pollen straight up your nose. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to wash my hands during one school lunch sandwich construction when a sneezing fit hits during the mayo course. Take heart that April’s climate transitions also bring the transformation of two great sports seasons from the mundane regular …
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Burning coal leaves dangerous waste. Trump's EPA eyes looser rules for handling it
Waste from coal plants was one of the Trump administration's recent deregulatory targets. Commonly called coal ash, this waste includes hazardous metals like lead and arsenic and is produced in huge quantities by coal-fired power plants. The Biden administration expanded…
Burning coal leaves dangerous waste. Trump’s EPA eyes looser rules for handling it
In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in a pile so big it could fill the Dallas Cowboys’ football stadium twice over — threaten groundwater with heavy metal pollution. That coal ash, the waste from burning coal, was at risk of leaching into groundwater and spreading toxins, officials said. It was part of a broad crackdown by the Biden administration on coal ash aimed at keeping arse…
Burning coal leaves dangerous waste. Trump's EPA eyes looser rules for handling it - The Morning Sun
In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in a pile so big it could fill the Dallas Cowboys' football stadium twice over — threaten groundwater with heavy metal pollution. That coal ash, the waste from burning coal, was at risk of leaching into groundwater and spreading toxins, officials said. It was part of a broad crackdown by the Biden administration on coal ash aimed at keeping arse…
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