This is the latest in a string of regulatory rollbacks for coal power under Trump — actions that have failed to turn around the industry’s decline
But environmentalists and a former EPA officials warned the move will harm public health and result in hundreds of thousands of pounds of pollutants annually contaminating water bodies.Coal plants are responsible for as much as 30% of all toxic water pollution from all industries in the U.S. In the Southeast, that number is even higher.
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