EPA revamping rules for toxic releases from coal plants | Grist - The Diigo Meta page

• 19 Sep 09
  

  Peter Lydon

  climate change

• 17 Sep 09
  

  Des
  • Earlier this year, EPA completed a study of power plant waste discharges,
    concluding that  current regulations—which date back to 1982
  • study released last month by the U.S. Geological Survey found mercury contamination in every fish it tested from nearly 300 streams across the country, with levels in 27% of the
    fish high enough to exceed EPA safety limits
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  • • “It is also good to hear EPA
      acknowledge that these toxic pollutants ‘can contaminate drinking water
      sources, cause fish and other wildlife to die and create other
      detrimental environmental effects.’ But these rules are nearly 30 years
      overdue, and we need a deadline for regulation. That is what our
      lawsuit is about.”
      
    • 
      At
      the same time, some power companies are still withholding information
      about their coal ash dumps

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