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On Coal Ash Waste and A Dedication to Polluters
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Coordinator
"Look what they've loaded it up," LaHood continued. "Keystone; Coal ash. None of it has anything to do with transportation." - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
Coal ash is nasty. It's what's left over when we burn coal to produce electricity and it's full of dangerous, cancer-causing toxins. Coal ash is the second largest industrial waste stream in the U.S. and we regulate it less than the trash bin under our sinks. The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on whether to block vital new protections from toxic coal ash waste. They passedToo Toxic Not To Regulate
A 2011 Coal Ash Spill on Lake Michigan
By Jennifer Peters, National Water Campaigns Coordinator Frustrated by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) continued delay in issuing a final rule to protect the public and environment from toxic coal ash pollution, today a group of environmental organizations filed a lawsuit to force EPA to finish its rule. Coal ash, the byproduct of burning coal to produce electricity, contains a concentrated smorgasbord of nasty metals – including arsenic, lead, mercury, and selenium (just to name a few!). Power plants generate over 140 million tons of coal ash