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“New” Coal Ash Bill Fails to Protect Communities from Toxic Menace
A 2011 Coal Ash Spill on Lake Michigan Congressman David McKinley (R-WV) is at it again. Late Tuesday night, he introduced a slightly revised version of the “Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act” (H.R. 2218). This bill is very similar to Representative McKinley’s terrible coal ash that passed the House of Representatives last Congress. Coal ash, the toxic byproduct of burning coal, contains heavy metals and other chemicals known to be harmful to people and wildlife. People can be exposed to dangerous metals like arsenic and mercury when they drink water contaminated with coal ash. There