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Pending Bills Fail to Protect Communities from Toxic Coal Ash
Posted by Earthjustice: None Given on December 10th, 2012
Earthjustice: This coal ash slurry near the Kingston Fossil Plant in Harriman. Federal studies have long shown coal ash to contain significant quantities of heavy metals like arsenic, lead and selenium, which can be a threat to water supplies and human health.
The Congressional Research Service issued an analysis of two pending pieces of coal ash legislation--H.R. 2273 and S.3512--finding that the bills lack a clear purpose and would not ensure state adoption and implementation of standards “necessary to protect...
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Fracking California
Posted by Earthjustice: None Given on October 16th, 2012
Earthjustice: As hundreds of California oil and gas wells undergo dangerous hydraulic fracturing without government oversight, environmental advocates went to court today to force the agency responsible for regulating the oil and gas industry to abide by the state’s foremost law that protects public health and the environment.
The lawsuit filed today in Alameda County Superior Court charges that the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) has failed to consider...