Under Trump, Indiana and other states may decide their own coal ash…

Under Trump, Indiana and other states may decide their own coal ash…

A recent pact between North Dakota and the Trump administration shows how coal-friendly states could enshrine lax standards and block future federal enforcement on toxic coal ash pollution. North Dakota earned preliminary approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last month to regulate coal ash

Under Trump, Indiana And Other States May Decide Their… - Data Intelligence

States can gain similar authority over the regulation of underground injection wells, and in February, the EPA approved West Virginia as the fourth state — along with Wyoming, North Dakota, and Louisiana — with such primacy. Weakened coal ash rules would be hard to reverse In 2021 and again in 2023, Indiana lawmakers adopted legislation obligating the state to adopt its own coal ash rules and then seek primacy to enforce them. This upset enviro…