EPA's Proposed Coal Ash Amendments Will Boost Risk of Toxic ...

Allowing coal ash to be spread on soil or stored in unlined pits and landfills will raise the risk that several toxic elements, ...

EPA Proposes to Expand Regulation of Toxic Coal Ash

A strong coal ash rule will provide some long overdue relief to the communities that have been most impacted by this toxic pollution and ...

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Suite of Standards to Reduce ...

To address these concerns, EPA established safeguards for legacy coal ash surface impoundments that largely mirror those for inactive ...

EPA Gets an Earful on Proposed Toxic Coal Ash Rollback - NRDC

At yesterday's public hearing, NRDC joined communities around the country to oppose the EPA's proposed rollback of health and safety standards for toxic coal ...

Closing the coal ash loophole - Grist

In 2015, after decades of waffling over what to do with the waste, the EPA finally issued a law regulating coal ash, largely in response to the ...

News Archives | Nicholas School of the Environment - Duke University

As EPA preps coal ash rollback, study finds heightened risks of water, soil contamination · EPA's Proposed Coal Ash Amendments Will Boost Risk of Toxic ...

Coal Ash Rule - Environmental and Energy Law Program

The decree requires EPA to either determine that inactive CCR landfills do not need to be regulated, or sign a proposed rule to regulate those ...

EPA proposes rules that could require utilities to clean up 'legacy ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed requiring owners of inactive coal ash ponds, landfills and other fill sites at ...

Stop EPA from Eliminating Protections Against Toxic Coal Ash

EPA's dangerous proposal would weaken the requirements for monitoring, preventing, and cleaning up groundwater pollution from coal ash and allow ...

Coal Ash Reuse | US EPA

Coal ash can be beneficially used to replace virgin materials removed from the earth, conserving natural resources. EPA encourages the beneficial use of coal ...

Southern States Split in Response to EPA's Coal Ash Rule Rollbacks

Now, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, has proposed softening rules that aim to limit the ...

EPA rule extends life of toxic coal ash ponds - The Hill

“Today's action makes changes to the closure regulations for coal ash storage that enhance protections for public health while giving ...

Trump Administration's New Rule Weakens Toxic Coal Ash Pollution ...

In October 2015, the first-ever EPA safeguards to protect communities near coal ash dumps went into effect after Earthjustice filed a lawsuit on ...

EPA Publishes Draft Rule to Expand Regulation of Toxic Coal Ash

“There's no such thing as too much oversight at coal ash facilities because they pose a clear danger to precious clean water that's needed to ...

EPA Finalizes Changes to Strengthen Implementation of Toxic ...

To address the risks from disposal and discharge of coal ash, including leaking of contaminants into groundwater, blowing of contaminants into ...

Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal ...

On April 17, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) promulgated national minimum criteria for existing and new coal ...

EPA's proposed coal ash amendments will boost risk of toxic ...

Allowing coal ash to be spread on soil or stored in unlined pits and landfills will raise the risk that several toxic elements, including.

EPA weakens rules on toxic coal ash, puts Indiana residents at risk

Just as testing confirmed nearly all coal ash ponds are leaking toxic contaminants, the EPA signed a new rule that weakens public health ...

Trump EPA Proposes Weaker Coal Ash Rules, More Use at ...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed rule changes this week that would eliminate Obama-era limits on how much ash can be used the way dirt or gravel is ...

Chairs DeFazio and Napolitano Press EPA Administrator Andrew ...

Despite a court ordering the Trump administration to strengthen deficiencies in the 2015 Coal Ash Rule, it has decided to further weaken the ...