According to the report, the vast majority of utilities are not in compliance for dealing with the cancer-causing coal byproduct.
Video from the Kingston coal ash disaster memorial in Kingston, Tenn., on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. The ceremony memorialized 51 Kingston coal ash workers who died since the Dec. 22, 2008 spill.Indiana is among the worst states in the country when it comes to cleaning up its toxic coal ash pits, according to a new report on these dangerous sites and their pollution.
There are compliance failures at 16 leaking ash disposal sites across Indiana, according to the report. It is tied with Illinois for having the most problem pits, the report shows.Indiana’s coal ash concerns have long been documented through According to the report, it presents evidence of contamination at more plants than were previously documented — 265 of 292, or 91% — and also describes significant noncompliance that allows harmful pollution to go unchecked and prevents environmental restoration.There are 16 power plants across Indiana that have harmful levels of pollution exceeding safe levels as set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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