When will coal fly ash be HAZARDOUS?!!
January 8th, 2010 by Renée HoyosCome on, EPA. Everyone associated with coal ash knows how hazardous it is. Ok, maybe the coal industry won’t admit it, but who’s surprised there? We’ve been waiting patiently for years to get coal ash catagorized as hazardous and it looked like it would happen within the year. But no! Again EPA has put this decision on hold.
We now demand that EPA classify coal fly ash as hazardous. How many more Kingstons do we need!
RvH
March 8th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
EPA IS A PRISONER OF THE STRONG COAL LOBBY . HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT BY THE COAL LOBBY IN WASHINGTON . MOST POLITICIANS ARE AFRAID OF THE POWERFUL COAL LOBBY . WHEN LISA VISITED PUERTO RICO LAST YEAR SHE TOLD ME THAT THE NEW REGULATIONS ON TOXIC COAL ASH WILL BE READY BY THE END OF THE YEAR . THEY ARE READY BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN HOLDING THEN FOR TWO MONTH S . IN PUERTO RICO AES HAS A 660 MW COAL FIRED PLANT AND THEY HAVE BEEN DEPOSITING THE TOXIC COAL ASHES ON TOP OF THE AQUIFERS IN THE SOUTH COAST . THIS WATER IS BEING USED BY MANY MUNICIPALITIES AS THE ONLY SOURCE OF POTABLE WATE BY MANY MUNICIPALITIES . PERHAPS MR. OBAMA IS WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE HEALTH REFORM FIRST , IN ORDER TO AVOID A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE COAL INTEREST . AS ALWAYS POLITICS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE . AMERICA WAKE UP AND PROTECT YOUR HEALTH AND RIGHTS . SALUDOS OSVALDO ROMERO , PE