EPA Environmental Justice Adviser Slams Pruitt's Plan to Weaken Coal Ash Rules

Inside Climate News: A newly appointed environmental justice adviser to the Environmental Protection Agency is criticizing an agency proposal to roll back regulations governing coal ash ponds, saying doing so would hurt disadvantaged communities.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced his proposal to weaken federal coal ash rules earlier this month as a cost-cutting measure for businesses. At the same time, utility companies, responding to a federal deadline to report water monitoring results, were revealing high levels of toxins in groundwater near coal ash ponds at power plants across the country.

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