The EPA decided to revoke a coal plant's permit to dump coal ash into unlined pits.
President Joe Biden has pledged to cut the nation's carbon emissions in half by 2030, which requires a switch to renewable power. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report last summer that said carbon emissions must drop rapidly if the world is to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
The release said groundwater monitoring around the ash pond is inadequate and the Gavin plant failed to conduct an appropriate statistical analysis of contamination data.“There is no coordinated effort by the Biden Administration to be certain their agencies' actions do not disrupt the grid,” he said. “We remain hopeful that the operators of Gavin will find a way to comply with the orders, that is if the U.S. EPA fairly considers alternatives, and I am not hopeful about that probability.
Studies show that workers exposed to coal ash are more likely to be diagnosed with respiratory ailments and diseases like COPD.
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