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First U.S. Coal Ash Rule Disappoints Environmental Groups

2014-12-21 05:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: The first national regulations to provide for the safe disposal of the ash left after burning coal to produce electricity were announced Friday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. After years of delaying action on issuing a coal ash rule, the EPA was under a court order to issue new safeguards by December 19. On that date, the final rule for coal combustion waste was issued under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The National Resources Defense Council, NRDC, and other environmental...

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EPA coal ash standards a setback for environmental groups

2014-12-20 11:31:29| Energy - Topix.net

In this Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 file image provided by Greenpeace, coal ash slurry left behind in a containment pond near the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant is shown in Harriman, Tenn., after the dyke at left broke Dec. 22, 2008. The Obama administration is under court order to unveil the rule Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 ending a six-year effort that began after the massive spill at the Tennessee power plant in 2008.

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New EPA Standards Label Toxic Coal Ash Non-Hazardous

2014-12-19 22:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new national standards designating coal ash - a nearly ubiquitous byproduct of coal-fired power plants that contains arsenic and lead - as non-hazardous waste. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports that coal-fired power plants produce more than 130 million tons of the coal ash each year and they have long stored millions of tons of it in giant ponds. But many of those ponds have failed in recent years, allowing contaminated water to get into rivers and...

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Coal Ash in the Spotlight as EPA Deadline Approaches

2014-12-15 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Coal ash is back in the spotlight. CBS just aired this blockbuster piece on 60 Minutes investigating the fallout from the coal ash spill into North Carolinas Dan River, and this week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is due to release the first-ever national safeguards for disposal of this toxic industrial sludge, to meet a court-ordered deadline of Dec. 19.

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Gov. Pat McCrory bashes Duke Energy's record on coal ash in '60 Minutes' report

2014-12-08 04:44:58| Energy - Topix.net

N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory, who worked for Duke Energy for 29 years, had little good to say about his former employer in an interview with Lesley Stahl of "60 Minutes." N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory continues to distance himself from his former employer, Duke Energy , telling 60 Minutes ' Lesley Stahl that Duke's record is "quite poor" on dealing with coal ash.

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