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“North Carolina joins a growing regional trend, as both South Carolina and Virginia have pushed forward with their own efforts to force coal ash cleanup. According to a national assessment of coal plants published in March by the environmental legal group Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project, coal ash contaminates groundwater at 91% of U.S. …
“Back home, the Trump administration is working to fulfill a central campaign promise and buoy the coal industry by systematically rolling back Obama-era regulations that would force power utilities either to turn away from coal or burn it in a much cleaner fashion. At the helm of Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is Andrew Wheeler, …
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Coal ash leaking into rivers and the ocean from space…….. Photo: Landsat 8/NASA Hurricane Florence Released Tons of Coal Ash in North Carolina. Now the Coal Industry Wants Less Regulation. Sharon Lerner Sharon Lerner September 28 2018, 10:41 a.m. Photo: Landsat 8/NASA Even as coal ash storage basins are leaking massive amounts of pollution in the …
SWAMP WATCH: When your government only works for corporations: “Wisconsin served as ‘testing ground’ for Scott Pruitt’s war on environmental protection” Wisconsin residents hold crowdfunding campaign to buy air monitors for dangerous coal dust Neighbors take matters into their own hands in response to coal dust in their community. Mark Hand Twitter Aug 31, 2018, …