By GottaLaff
I've posted
twice about these
sludgy messes. Finally, we'll have a president that actually
addresses them directly and quickly:The Obama administration will immediately begin to assess the hundreds of coal ash disposal sites at power plants across the country in the wake of two spills in Alabama and Tennessee. Lisa Jackson, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, said the agency will also reconsider federal regulation. [...]
In 2000, the EPA recommended setting a national standard for the hundreds of coal ash disposal sites nationwide. But the EPA never acted on that recommendation during the Bush administration.
BushCo needs a swift kick in the ash.