Potential Seen for Loss of Life in Indiana and Major Polluting of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Should Dams Fail; Indiana is Home to Two-Thirds of Coal Ash Dump Sites Rated “Poor” in Latest Round of Inspections.
February 15, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C.///Just days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released plans for 15 electric utilities to improve the integrity of coal-ash impoundment sites, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), Earthjustice, and the Hoosier Environmental Council warned today of major unresolved coal-ash dump site problems that could potentially jeopardize human life and pose a serious threat to the environment in Indiana and Virginia.
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