The US Environmental Protection Agency wants to label coal combustion residuals (CCRs) or coal ash/fly ash as ‘special waste’ or hazardous. This is largely a reaction to the 1 billion gallon coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee, in December 2008. The EPA had, in the years 1993 and in 2000, said that fossil fuel combustion [...]
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Until we can stop using coal, don’t label coal ash hazardous
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