Green Scene: Dam your ash
A coalition of local and national environmental groups announced plans Jan. 19 to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force the release of long-awaited rules regulating coal ash as hazardous waste. Despite evidence of leaking ponds and poisoned ground water, the EPA has delayed issuing new rules for nearly two years.
Meanwhile, local environmentalists have recently urged Progress Energy to create a lined, capped, dry-storage facility for the coal ash produced by its Skyland power plant. This would help prevent toxins from leaking into the environment, and perhaps head off a massive spill like the one that flooded Kingston, Tenn., in 2008 (see “Coal Slurry for a Tennessee Christmas,” Dec. 23, 2008 Xpress).Click on the link to read the entire article.
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