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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Groups sue Environmental Protection Agency over coal ash

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

A coalition of environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday over its refusal to regulate some older coal ash dumps, claiming they are polluting air and groundwater.

A lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington D.C. seeks to compel the agency to review and revise regulations it says are “inadequate to protect human health and the environment" from the solid waste produced by coal-burning power plants.

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