http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2010/01/when-will-coal-fly-ash-be-hazardous/ News and updates from the Tennessee Clean Water Network Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2010/01/when-will-coal-fly-ash-be-hazardous/#comment-1377 osvaldo romero ,pe Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:03:28 +0000 http://www.tcwn.org/blog/?p=517#comment-1377 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 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

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