NPR News: Not In My Landfill: Georgia Residents Fight Plan To Store Toxic Coal Ash

Not In My Landfill: Georgia Residents Fight Plan To Store Toxic Coal Ash
In 2014, after disastrous spills and opposition from environmentalists, the Environmental Protection Agency imposed new rules on the storage of coal ash. Now utilities are planning to close down the ponds that hold the toxic ash, but it has to go somewhere. Environmentalists say the safest place for it is in securely lined landfills, such as the municipal landfill in Wayne County, Ga. Locals are fighting the plan, but there's not much they can do.

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at July 13, 2016 at 03:26AM
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