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Environmental Groups Plan To Sue Pennsylvania Coal Plant Again

AP | Posted 04.15.2012

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A coalition of environmental and community groups say they plan to file a new lawsuit against an Edison Mission Energy power plant...

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EPA Rules To Force Some Of Oldest And Dirtiest Coal Plants To Shut Down, Study Finds

AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 02.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- More than 32 mostly coal-fired power plants in a dozen states will be forced to shut down and an additional 36 might have to close becau...

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House Republicans Push Through Looser Environmental Regulations In War On EPA

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 12.14.2011

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans pushed through legislation Friday that gives the states the power to regulate coal ash from power plants as if it...

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Judge Sides With Coal Industry In EPA Challenge

AP | By JOHN RABY | Posted 12.07.2011

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency went too far when it began reviewing individual Clean Water Act permits on mountaintop m...

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Mississippi Gov: EPA Is Over-Regulating Coal

AP | ROGER ALFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — On a visit to coal country, potential Republican presidential candidate Haley Barbour says the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag...

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New Obama Coal Regulations Would Overturn Weaker Bush-Era Plans

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is proposing a new rule to tighten restrictions on pollution from coal-burning power plants in the eastern...

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Coal Ash Regulation Proposals Announced By EPA

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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After months of deliberation, US Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson announced today the first-ever national rule to regulate t...

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Coal's Ash Is on the Line

Bruce Nilles | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bruce Nilles

Nearly a hundred million tons of toxic coal ash and related coal combustion wastes pile up in unlined ponds and pits across the U.S. every year, the second largest solid waste stream in the nation.

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EPA Taking Over Cleanup of Tennessee Coal Ash Disaster

Rob Perks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Perks

This is yet another example of the Obama EPA taking responsible action to return the agency to its core mission -- that of protecting America's natural resources and safeguarding public health.

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Breaking: Landmark EPA Ruling Kills 30+ Planned Coal Plants

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kevin Grandia

A decision by the Environmental Protection Agency today has ruled that all new and proposed coal-fired power plants must have their carbon dioxide emissions regulated. Wow.

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