The Latest On: Coal Ash
January 25, 2022
| In the News: Corporate Knights
Could rare earth minerals give coal country a second life?
Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “How do you extract [rare earth] in a way that doesn’t create more of an environmental hazard, that doesn’t endanger workers and that doesn’t leave toxic waste for the community? All these questions have to be answered.”
January 18, 2022
| Press Release
U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Arguments on the Legality of Oklahoma’s Coal Ash Program
January 11, 2022
| In the News: CNN
EPA begins enforcement on clean up of toxic coal-ash ponds
Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “Enforcement of the rule's provisions is desperately needed, as coal plants have demonstrated they don't care about polluting water or putting people's health at risk, and they have taken full advantage of the Trump EPA's hands-off policy. The result is nationwide pollution of water at coal plants.”