September 23, 2020
| Press Release: Victory
The Latest On: Water
September 9, 2020
| In the News: Chicago Tribune
Trump EPA Guts Tough Standards For Toxic Metals Dumped Into U.S. Waterways By Coal-Fired Power Plants, Including Biggest Polluter On Lake Michigan
Thom Cmar, Attorney, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “They’re propping up a dying industry. This pollution should have been eliminated a long time ago.”
September 1, 2020
| Feature
Defending the Wild - Earthjustice Program Report: Public Lands and Wildlife
August 31, 2020
| In the News: New York Times
E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants
Thom Cmar, Deputy Managing Attorney, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “There are dozens of water bodies around the country where the local water is significantly impacted by this type of direct dumping of toxic metals from power plants.”
August 27, 2020
| In the News: Kentucky Forward
Virtual Public Hearing Set For Thursday To Address Ground Water Pollution At Herrington Lake
Lauren Piette, Attorney, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “The corrective action plan didn’t really require Kentucky Utilities to do anything more than conduct a few years of studies on the pollution that we already knew was in the lake.”
August 23, 2020
| In the News: The Advocate-Messenger
Cabinet Agrees to Public Hearing Over Lake Pollution
Lauren Piette, Attorney, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “We know that groundwater contamination entering the lake is a problem. We know it’s bad. But we don’t know just how bad it is, because KU has refused to attempt to fully map out the contaminated water flows.”
August 12, 2020
| Press Release: Victory