Republican-Run EPA Aims to End Limits on Cancer-Causing Coal Waste That Pollutes WATER SUPPLY

Yes, you read that headline correctly.  Trump and EPA head Andrew Wheeler are lifting safeguards that protect communities from toxic coal ash pollution and letting corporate polluters threaten access to clean air and water.

The Trump administration on Wednesday [7/31/19] proposed scrapping restrictions on arsenic-laden waste from coal-fired power plants. 

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed lifting some regulations on coal ash, the residue left after burning coal, which is filled with hazardous substances that can leach into the water supply and cause health problems. 

Coal ash is used in a variety of ways, largely as a replacement for soil. It can be used to create level ground for construction projects or sprinkled over landfills as a protective cover. 

But coal ash has been deemed responsible for contaminating water with arsenic, which is linked with some types of cancer.

Regulations protect us.  Deregulation makes enormous corporations a lot of money and kills us. 

The latest proposal from the EPA would eliminate restrictions from 2015 that limited coal ash use to 12,400 tons per site. 

The Trump administration proposal would allow projects to use as much coal ash as they want....

This is devasting.  EPA⁩ should change its name to EDA for the Environmental Destruction Agency

“Despite compelling and damning scientific evidence highlighting the harm to groundwater from coal ash, and court victories by community groups requiring the EPA to strengthen the 2015 rule, Wheeler is giving this gift to his former employers at the cost of public health,” Earthjustice and the Sierra Club said in a statement. “It is a disgrace to everything the EPA stands for, and we will do everything in our power to stop it.”

Source: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/455386-epa-proposal-scraps-limits-on-coal-plant-waste