Coal Plants Get a Pass to Pollute Our Waterways

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By Natural Resources Defense CouncilNov 5, 2019, 11:23 am245 pts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday proposed to roll back safeguards that keep one of the nation's biggest industrial polluters — coal-burning power plants — from discharging harmful substances into the nation's waterways. In addition, the agency moved to extend deadlines for companies to…

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