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The Trump Administration's Attacks on Clean Water Safeguards Continue —
Help Fight Back!
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1. Tell the EPA not to gut safeguards preventing power plants from dumping
polluted wastewater into our lakes, rivers, and streams.
[ [link removed] ]TAKE ACTION
2. Submit your letter of protest opposing rollbacks of rules protecting us
from toxic power plant coal ash.
[ [link removed] ]TAKE ACTION
Dear NRDC Activist,
Dirty coal-fired power plants are one of the main culprits of our looming
climate catastrophe. But did you know that coal plants are also a major
source of dangerous water pollution?
And in an effort to give his friends in the coal industry another free
pass, President Trump has proposed two dangerous new rollbacks to vital
safeguards meant to reduce water pollution from coal-fired power plants.
One plan attacks the Clean Water Act by rolling back rules that keep power
plants from dumping wastewater contaminated with toxic chemicals into our
lakes, rivers, and streams.
The second proposal would block or delay efforts to close down dangerous
coal ash waste ponds, which are prone to spills and leaks that can
contaminate groundwater —adding toxins into drinking water supplies and
affecting the health of people in nearby communities.
These two proposals will harm our environment, our health, and our safety.
But NRDC is fighting back against BOTH reckless schemes, and we need you
to take these two important actions right now:
* [ [link removed] ]First, submit a public comment opposing the EPA's efforts to dump
toxic, polluted wastewater into our lakes, rivers, and streams.
Deadline to comment: Tuesday, Jan. 21.
* [ [link removed] ]Then, submit a public comment opposing dangerous EPA rollbacks of
coal ash safety standards. Deadline to comment: Friday, Jan. 31.
Coal-fired power plants are one of America's worst industrial polluters,
responsible for 30% of all industrial toxic pollution dumped into surface
waters. And EPA's proposal to allow polluted water discharges from power
plants would expose millions of people to a toxic brew of mercury,
arsenic, lead and selenium — pollutants that can cause neurological
disorders and cardiovascular disease, and increase the risk of cancer.
It's long past time for power plants to clean up their act, [ [link removed] ]so please
submit your official letter of protest opposing rollbacks to key
regulations restricting power plants from dumping polluted wastewater into
our waterways. Comments due 1/21/20.
And coal ash — a waste product generated by burning coal in power plants —
contains deadly carcinogens like arsenic, neurotoxins such as lead, and
other dangerous contaminants.
Recent monitoring data found that 91% of coal plants in the U.S. are
contaminating groundwater with toxic substances from coal ash at levels
that violate federal health standards.
And as dangerous spills in Tennessee and North Carolina dramatically
demonstrate, these toxic dumps are contaminating our communities and
harming our health. Allowing them to stay open risks causing serious harm
to public health, particularly in low-income communities and communities
of color, who are disproportionately exposed to environmental health
hazards.
[ [link removed] ]So please also submit your official letter of protest to stop the Trump
administration from rolling back vital coal ash safeguards. These comments
are due 1/31/20.
These two EPA proposals are the latest examples of the Trump
administration attacking bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Water
Act and rewarding polluters at the expense of all of us who rely on clean
water.
We won't stand by as the Trump administration sacrifices our environment
and safety by [ [link removed] ]rolling back power plant wastewater standards and
[ [link removed] ]weakening safeguards against dangerous coal ash.
Thank you for submitting your letters. Together, we can protect our water,
our environment, and our health.
Sincerely,
Jon Devine
Senior Attorney, Nature, NRDC
Becky Hammer
Deputy Director of Federal Water Policy, NRDC
The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.
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