A federal judge has sided with environmental and public health groups that sued to force the Obama administration to issue regulations for the disposal of the toxic waste left over after burning coal for electricity.
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The collapse of a faulty coal ash impoundment at a TVA power plant in eastern Tennessee back in 2008 spurred EPA rulemaking that stalled, but a federal judge has ordered the agency to get moving again (Photo of TVA coal ash spill by Brian Stansberry via Wikipedia.)
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The collapse of a faulty coal ash impoundment at a TVA power plant in eastern Tennessee back in 2008 spurred EPA rulemaking that stalled, but a federal judge has ordered the agency to get moving again (Photo of TVA coal ash spill by Brian Stansberry via Wikipedia.)