While tornadoes dominate headlines, the EPA is looking forward a few weeks to the onset of hurricane season. As if your personal safety weren’t enough to look out for, a recent EPA news release reminds us that extra precautions should be taken to minimize chemical releases associated with natural disasters. This is not only a [...]
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30 Dec
Is the EPA’s Regulatory Impact Analysis of the Coal Ash Rule Flawed?
Just over two years has passed since the Kingston, TN coal ash spill, but according to the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), federal proposals to regulate coal ash dumps are still “being held up by concerns that stricter standards would depress markets for coal-ash recycling.” In December of 2008, more than 1 billion gallons of coal [...]
