Kentucky coal-ash dumping tracked by hidden cameras
by Renee Lewis
Environmental groups announced their intent to sue a Kentucky coal ash plant for unabated dumping into the Ohio River on Monday, after a hidden camera they set up captured alleged illegal discharges of chemicals by the company.
We deserve clean water, Thomas Pearce, regional organizer for the Sierra Club in western Kentucky, told Al Jazeera. Were calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to put forward more stringent guidelines for coal ash because states arent policing it. Look at North Carolina and the Duke spill.
The allegations against Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) are the latest in a series of controversies over coal-ash dumping. Last month, Duke Energy, the countrys largest electricity provider, spilled 35 million gallons of toxic coal-ash slurry into the Dan River. Coal ash contains high levels of arsenic, lead, selenium and other heavy metals that the EPA says can cause cancer, birth defects and respiratory problems.
The Sierra Club and EarthJustice say their soon-to-be-filed lawsuit against LG&E is based on time-lapse photography from a camera they strapped to a tree. The camera captured a years worth of images showing dangerous coal ash wastewater being dumped continuously into the Ohio River.
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http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/17/hidden-camera-chronicleskentuckycoalashdumping.html
And this isn't the only coal plant doing this sort of stuff
http://election.democraticunderground.com/112766623