Scott Pruitt Just Gutted Rules To Fight The Nation’s ‘Second Biggest Toxic Pollution Threat’

[Coyote]

Why wouldn't you want to do everything possible to insure that coal ash is safely stored?

 

[bripat9643]

The assault on our environment continues by this administration.

WASHINGTON ― The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Thursday to scrap Obama-era rules tightening restrictions on disposal of coal ash, the toxic byproduct from coal-fired power plants that has caused major water contamination problems across the country.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt billed the new proposal as a bid to give states more independence over coal ash disposal, though he moved to reconsider the 2015 regulation in September at the request of fossil fuel utilities.

BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES ALWAYS HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.

The EPA’s announcement makes no mention of the risks coal ash poses to human health and the environment. Rather, the agency justified its move by noting it is expected to save the utility sector between $31 and $100 million annually.

Coal-fired power plants in the United States produce roughly 140 million tons of coal ash per year, containing toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, selenium and other carcinogenic substances. The waste product is typically stored in wet ponds, nearly 46 percent of which operated without liners to prevent hazardous chemicals from seeping into groundwater, according to 2012 data released by the EPA.

That rule was intended to put coal companies out of business. There is simply no denying that. It's just another example of Obama's EPA being out of control.

Do youlivenear a coal ash pond? Maybe you should.

For 4 years I lived within 2-3 miles of a giant coal fired power plant.

You lived near this?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...8632ae73d25_story.html?utm_term=.47b80eff3460


You don't anymore?

I don't swallow eco-freak propaganda. I have investigated many of their claims, and they are mostly horseshit.

Have their been a few accidents? Sure. Industrial accidents happen all the time. That's not a justification for shutting down an entire industry.

I lived near this one:

 

[busybee01]

The assault on our environment continues by this administration.

WASHINGTON ― The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Thursday to scrap Obama-era rules tightening restrictions on disposal of coal ash, the toxic byproduct from coal-fired power plants that has caused major water contamination problems across the country.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt billed the new proposal as a bid to give states more independence over coal ash disposal, though he moved to reconsider the 2015 regulation in September at the request of fossil fuel utilities.

BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES ALWAYS HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.

The EPA’s announcement makes no mention of the risks coal ash poses to human health and the environment. Rather, the agency justified its move by noting it is expected to save the utility sector between $31 and $100 million annually.

Coal-fired power plants in the United States produce roughly 140 million tons of coal ash per year, containing toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, selenium and other carcinogenic substances. The waste product is typically stored in wet ponds, nearly 46 percent of which operated without liners to prevent hazardous chemicals from seeping into groundwater, according to 2012 data released by the EPA.

That rule was intended to put coal companies out of business. There is simply no denying that. It's just another example of Obama's EPA being out of control.

Maybe someone should pour coal dust down your throat and see how you are affected. Coal is dying and this garbage will not stop it. If you like it then move to China. You can breath all the coal dust you want without us breathing it too.

 

[busybee01]

Living within a mile of a wet coal ash storage pond poses a greater health threat than smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, raising the risk of cancer to one in 50, an EPA study from 2010 found. Children are particularly at risk of learning disabilities, birth defects, asthma and cancer, with 1.54 million living near such storage sites, according to EPA data cited by the Sierra Club.

“This is the second biggest toxic pollution threat in our country, and we need to clean it up – not make things easier for polluters,” Earthjustice attorney Lisa Evans said in a statement. “People living near more than a thousand toxic coal ash sites are at risk. They face contaminated drinking water, toxic dust in the air, and serious health threats just because the EPA is choosing to side with polluters over the public.”

A The rule change marks the Trump administration’s latest rollback of clean water regulations at a time when drinking water contamination crises are proliferating across the country. In February 2017, less than a month after taking office, President Donald Trump signed a bill to allow coal companies to dump waste into streams. In June, the EPA moved to repeal the 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule that extended 1972 Clean Water Act protections to roughly 20 million acres of wetlands and streams. The agency formally suspended the rule on Jan. 31.

EPA studies aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

This coming from someone who believes every word of a president who lies 5.5 times a day. Every day.... on the average.
I hope you're getting a stipend for all the hard work you put in fellating the polluters in this country.

I don't believe everything Trump says. That's just more of your typical bullshit. We can ignore everything you post considering the blatant lying you engage in.

If Trump told you the world was flat, you would be parroting him. You are a sock puppet and nothing more.

 

[Reasonable]

Living within a mile of a wet coal ash storage pond poses a greater health threat than smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, raising the risk of cancer to one in 50, an EPA study from 2010 found. Children are particularly at risk of learning disabilities, birth defects, asthma and cancer, with 1.54 million living near such storage sites, according to EPA data cited by the Sierra Club.

“This is the second biggest toxic pollution threat in our country, and we need to clean it up – not make things easier for polluters,” Earthjustice attorney Lisa Evans said in a statement. “People living near more than a thousand toxic coal ash sites are at risk. They face contaminated drinking water, toxic dust in the air, and serious health threats just because the EPA is choosing to side with polluters over the public.”

A The rule change marks the Trump administration’s latest rollback of clean water regulations at a time when drinking water contamination crises are proliferating across the country. In February 2017, less than a month after taking office, President Donald Trump signed a bill to allow coal companies to dump waste into streams. In June, the EPA moved to repeal the 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule that extended 1972 Clean Water Act protections to roughly 20 million acres of wetlands and streams. The agency formally suspended the rule on Jan. 31.

EPA studies aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

This coming from someone who believes every word of a president who lies 5.5 times a day. Every day.... on the average.
I hope you're getting a stipend for all the hard work you put in fellating the polluters in this country.

I don't believe everything Trump says. That's just more of your typical bullshit. We can ignore everything you post considering the blatant lying you engage in.

Translation: I know you use facts to back up your points but facts are way overrated when you’re a deplorable like me..

 

[Reasonable]

The assault on our environment continues by this administration.

WASHINGTON ― The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Thursday to scrap Obama-era rules tightening restrictions on disposal of coal ash, the toxic byproduct from coal-fired power plants that has caused major water contamination problems across the country.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt billed the new proposal as a bid to give states more independence over coal ash disposal, though he moved to reconsider the 2015 regulation in September at the request of fossil fuel utilities.

BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES ALWAYS HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.

The EPA’s announcement makes no mention of the risks coal ash poses to human health and the environment. Rather, the agency justified its move by noting it is expected to save the utility sector between $31 and $100 million annually.

Coal-fired power plants in the United States produce roughly 140 million tons of coal ash per year, containing toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, selenium and other carcinogenic substances. The waste product is typically stored in wet ponds, nearly 46 percent of which operated without liners to prevent hazardous chemicals from seeping into groundwater, according to 2012 data released by the EPA.

That rule was intended to put coal companies out of business. There is simply no denying that. It's just another example of Obama's EPA being out of control.

Do youlivenear a coal ash pond? Maybe you should.

For 4 years I lived within 2-3 miles of a giant coal fired power plant.

That explains so much when you consider the extreme health problems coal causes.
Thanks for confirming.

 

[Reasonable]

The assault on our environment continues by this administration.

WASHINGTON ― The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Thursday to scrap Obama-era rules tightening restrictions on disposal of coal ash, the toxic byproduct from coal-fired power plants that has caused major water contamination problems across the country.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt billed the new proposal as a bid to give states more independence over coal ash disposal, though he moved to reconsider the 2015 regulation in September at the request of fossil fuel utilities.

BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES ALWAYS HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.

The EPA’s announcement makes no mention of the risks coal ash poses to human health and the environment. Rather, the agency justified its move by noting it is expected to save the utility sector between $31 and $100 million annually.

Coal-fired power plants in the United States produce roughly 140 million tons of coal ash per year, containing toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, selenium and other carcinogenic substances. The waste product is typically stored in wet ponds, nearly 46 percent of which operated without liners to prevent hazardous chemicals from seeping into groundwater, according to 2012 data released by the EPA.

That rule was intended to put coal companies out of business. There is simply no denying that. It's just another example of Obama's EPA being out of control.

As this trumpettte ignores the serious health consequences caused by the coal industry.
Do you even know what the letters EPA even mean?

They mean "fuck industry and private property every way you can." "Drive costs into the statosphere until we're back to living in a stone age society.

Wrong. It means the Environmental Protection Agency and Trump/ Pruitt is making a mockery of the agency.

 

[Reasonable]

Listen to all the America haters wank off.

Protecting God’s green earth is America loving.
You must really hate yourself to have the views you do.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

The assault on our environment continues by this administration.

WASHINGTON ― The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Thursday to scrap Obama-era rules tightening restrictions on disposal of coal ash, the toxic byproduct from coal-fired power plants that has caused major water contamination problems across the country.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt billed the new proposal as a bid to give states more independence over coal ash disposal, though he moved to reconsider the 2015 regulation in September at the request of fossil fuel utilities.

BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES ALWAYS HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.

The EPA’s announcement makes no mention of the risks coal ash poses to human health and the environment. Rather, the agency justified its move by noting it is expected to save the utility sector between $31 and $100 million annually.

Coal-fired power plants in the United States produce roughly 140 million tons of coal ash per year, containing toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, selenium and other carcinogenic substances. The waste product is typically stored in wet ponds, nearly 46 percent of which operated without liners to prevent hazardous chemicals from seeping into groundwater, according to 2012 data released by the EPA.

Good.

Green is the new Red.

Bunch of communists.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Protecting God’s green earth is America loving.
You must really hate yourself to have the views you do.

"Protecting" earth with communist, authoritarian bullshit is not America loving.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

More unfettered capitalism.

That would be the best kind.

Commies can suck a fat one.

 

[miketx]

Listen to all the America haters wank off.

Protecting God’s green earth is America loving.
You must really hate yourself to have the views you do.

I hate despicabe lying regressive scum.