Coal plants are responsible for as much as 30% of all toxic water pollution from all industries in the U.S. In the Southeast, that number is even higher.
In 2015, the EPA rejected an exception for the plant after determining the benefits to human health and the environment outweighed the costs of compliance. Under Trump, the agency reversed course and removed limits on the amount of selenium and nitrate the plant can discharge into the Cumberland River.
EPA officials said the revised rule would reduce pollution by an additional 1 million pounds annually. Critics said that projection was based on companies taking the additional, voluntary steps and pointed out those might not come to fruition.
Just wondering how much coal is the USA actually mining these days any more or any less than when trump became president?
November cannot come soon enough. VOTE JoeBiden .
Is anyone surprised?
if coal was so bad we would all be dead by now every drop of water would be undrinkable humans would be gone but hey nuclear energy is safe right russia china hows that going oh thats right you all want to replace farm land that feeds ppl with solar panels that will work
Shame on his selfish soul!
Psychotic
Yay for heavy metals in our drinking water! Who’s ready?
Mother Earth doesn’t approve.
Biden said he wants to eliminate fossil fuels, right? By 2030 or something like that. I guess the miners have jobs for now, but not for long! But that's right, Biden said they can all just learn to code. Problem solved! Dude is solution oriented. 😂
The utilities have already started doing this. “Let us switch to 100% renewable energy in 2020, that’s a pretty reasonable risk,” one of the main coal companies told the Trump transition team.
Polluting to own the libs.
How about more reducing, not less, Trump may not care about the damage, that happens daily to our planet, but you should!!
terrible
Why save any oil for future generations. Why not bleed the earth dry now so our children don't have the benefit of some oil left. Suck it all out, keep the gas prices 5 cents cheaper and screw the kids. Let them figure it out.
Weakening Roll back?😡😡
GOINGGREEN HAWKINSWALKER2020 where Bernies policies have always been
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