Under the current Trump administration, the EPA has begun to systematically gut protections that would otherwise force the coal industry to clean up its toxic coal ash.
Gavin Kearney, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Companies were free to store coal ash anywhere they wanted to, and oftentimes that just meant digging a hole in the ground and dumping it in.”
Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “EPA never reviewed these demonstrations. If they did, I am confident that they would likely find that each of the plants are ineligible for an extension.”
Mychal Ozaeta, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “These 13 are the most dangerous coal ash ponds in the U.S. because they’re leaking. They’ve been doing so for decades.”
Trump’s EPA proposal would allow EPA to grant 11 coal power plants extensions to continue dumping toxic coal ash in unlined ponds until October 17, 2031
Earthjustice and other organizations submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency in opposition to giving Wyoming oversight over coal ash waste.
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