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Vernice is a longtime environmental justice advocate and co-founder of WE ACT for Environmental Justice. She believes that green groups and environmental justice groups must work together to build a more diverse and effective environmental movement.

February 9, 2011

Tr-Ash Talk: Coal Ash Dirtying Maryland’s Waters

By Vernice Miller-Travis  /  Washington, D.C. Office

(This is the latest in a weekly series of 50 Tr-Ash Talk blogs discussing the dangers of coal ash. Earthjustice hopes that by December 2011, the third anniversary of the TVA coal ash spill, the EPA will release a coal ash rule establishing federally enforceable regulations ensuring the safe disposal of this toxic waste. Vernice Miller-Travis is …