EPA plans to rewrite Obama-era limits for coal power plant wastewater

[ScienceRocks]

EPA plans to rewrite Obama-era limits for coal power plant wastewater
BY Michael Biesecker, Associated Press August 14, 2017 at 4:41 PM EDT

A letter from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt released Monday as part of a legal appeal said he will seek to revise the 2015 guidelines mandating increased treatment for wastewater from steam electric power-generating plants. Photo by REUTERS/Yuri Gripas.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to scrap an Obama-era measure limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants.

A letter from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt released Monday as part of a legal appeal said he will seek to revise the 2015 guidelines mandating increased treatment for wastewater from steam electric power-generating plants.

Acting at the behest of electric utilities who opposed the stricter standards, Pruitt first moved in April to delay implementation of the new guidelines. The wastewater flushed from the coal-fired plants into rivers and lakes typically contains traces of such highly toxic heavy metals as lead, arsenic, mercury and selenium.

EPA plans to rewrite Obama-era limits for coal power plant wastewater

wow, is all I will say about this!

 

[gipper]

Abolish the EPA. They do more harm than good.

Mattieboy you want effective government, yet don't know this simple truism....

Bureaucracy stifles innovation. This is a law of bureaucracy. It is rarely broken.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

EPA plans to rewrite Obama-era limits for coal power plant wastewater
BY Michael Biesecker, Associated Press August 14, 2017 at 4:41 PM EDT

A letter from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt released Monday as part of a legal appeal said he will seek to revise the 2015 guidelines mandating increased treatment for wastewater from steam electric power-generating plants. Photo by REUTERS/Yuri Gripas.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to scrap an Obama-era measure limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants.

A letter from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt released Monday as part of a legal appeal said he will seek to revise the 2015 guidelines mandating increased treatment for wastewater from steam electric power-generating plants.

Acting at the behest of electric utilities who opposed the stricter standards, Pruitt first moved in April to delay implementation of the new guidelines. The wastewater flushed from the coal-fired plants into rivers and lakes typically contains traces of such highly toxic heavy metals as lead, arsenic, mercury and selenium.

EPA plans to rewrite Obama-era limits for coal power plant wastewater

wow, is all I will say about this!

Good.

The blacker the better.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Abolish the EPA. They do more harm than good.

Mattieboy you want effective government, yet don't know this simple truism....

Bureaucracy stifles innovation. This is a law of bureaucracy. It is rarely broken.

Well, I do agree that too many regulations can harm business but on the otherhand clean air, water and workers rights are just as important. Consider both sides.

 

[BlackFlag]

EPA plans to rewrite Obama-era limits for coal power plant wastewater
BY Michael Biesecker, Associated Press August 14, 2017 at 4:41 PM EDT

A letter from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt released Monday as part of a legal appeal said he will seek to revise the 2015 guidelines mandating increased treatment for wastewater from steam electric power-generating plants. Photo by REUTERS/Yuri Gripas.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to scrap an Obama-era measure limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants.

A letter from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt released Monday as part of a legal appeal said he will seek to revise the 2015 guidelines mandating increased treatment for wastewater from steam electric power-generating plants.

Acting at the behest of electric utilities who opposed the stricter standards, Pruitt first moved in April to delay implementation of the new guidelines. The wastewater flushed from the coal-fired plants into rivers and lakes typically contains traces of such highly toxic heavy metals as lead, arsenic, mercury and selenium.

EPA plans to rewrite Obama-era limits for coal power plant wastewater

wow, is all I will say about this!

No worries. There's no demand for new coal and the rules can be immediately restored by the next administration.

 

[gipper]

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Abolish the EPA. They do more harm than good.

Mattieboy you want effective government, yet don't know this simple truism....

Bureaucracy stifles innovation. This is a law of bureaucracy. It is rarely broken.

Well, I do agree that too many regulations can harm business but on the otherhand clean air, water and workers rights are just as important. Consider both sides.

Wrong. If anyone pollutes, they have caused harm to others and should be prosecuted. The EPA is no longer needed and is a terrible waste.

 

[skookerasbil]

s0n you're months behind on this..........Pruitt has been cleaning the clocks of the EPA for months now. The term most use is "dismantle"...............ftmfw!!

 

[ScienceRocks]

s0n you're months behind on this..........Pruitt has been cleaning the clocks of the EPA for months now. The term most use is "dismantle"...............ftmfw!!

Do you think our co2 emissions will go up this year for the United states?

 

[skookerasbil]

s0n you're months behind on this..........Pruitt has been cleaning the clocks of the EPA for months now. The term most use is "dismantle"...............ftmfw!!

Do you think our co2 emissions will go up this year for the United states?

nobody cares s0n........you don't quite get that!!