Phoenix, Ariz. - Today, the Trump administration announced plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution – one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country, taking direct aim at the health of American communities.
Salt Lake City - Today, the Trump administration announced plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution – one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country, taking direct aim at the health of American communities.
NASHVILLE - Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution – one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country.
ATLANTA - Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution – one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump’s administration took direct aim at the health and lives of hundreds of American communities, announcing plans to gut critical protections against deadly coal ash pollution – one of the most toxic industrial waste streams in the country.
Coal ash contains a toxic brew of mercury, cadmium, chromium, and arsenic, which can cause cancer, neurological damage, and various other serious illnesses.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In an extremely disappointing reversal, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced it is planning to keep its Kingston and Cumberland coal plants operating for the foreseeable future, blowing by its upcoming deadlines to close the polluting facilities. The nation’s largest federal utility had previously committed to shutting down these dirty and expensive plants, which was the basis of its plans for building new, multi-billion-dollar methane gas power plants at the Cumberland and Kingston sites.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency gave a group of polluters a 33-month extension to clean up coal ash dump sites. This is twice as long an extension as what the EPA had proposed last year.
KINGSTON, Tenn. - Families and allies of cleanup workers are carrying on their legacy for the 17th anniversary of the Kingston Coal Ash Spill, the first anniversary since the creation of a historic marker for the tragedy.
ATLANTA - Today, the Trump administration announced its “Coal Day 2.0” agenda, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal mining leases and extending compliance deadlines and rolling back safeguards against air and water pollution.
This delay would add more than 710 tons of coal ash wastewater pollution to Arkansas's environment.
With more than 10 active coal power plants in Texas, this delay would add more than 2,800 tons of coal ash wastewater pollution to our environment – a 122% increase.
ATLANTA - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will side with the coal industry over our communities and delay the required cleanup of toxic coal ash landfills until 2030.