An Obama-era rule has already reduced toxic air pollution like mercury from coal-fired power plants. So why did the EPA roll it back now? In a word, co-benefits.
The federal agency said its new policy doesn't mean facilities can exceed pollution limits. Meanwhile, Pa. DEP is developing guidance to evaluate requests to waive permit conditions.
This new book outlines how industry efforts to defend their products have clouded trust in science and impacted regulations for things like beryllium, opiods and diesel exhaust.
With their well water contaminated, a West Virginia family is desperate to get connected to a clean water supply. They blame pollution from years of coal and gas extraction.
One reason: less coal mining means less money to clean up the 300,000 acres of abandoned mine lands and the 5,000 miles of waterways polluted from coal mining in the state.
