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EPA’s long-awaited coal ash rule pleases nobody

UTILITY DIVE – December 28, 2014 – The Environmental Protection Agency’s just released final ruling on the handling of coal ash, four years in the making, satisfies none of the stakeholders.

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RELEASE: EPA Issues First-Ever Rule Regulating Toxic Coal Ash, But is it Enforceable?

AS YOU SOW PRESS RELEASE – December 19, 2014 – After years of delay, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made history today by issuing the first-ever rule designed to regulate the harmful effects of … MORE >

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Coal Ash: Let Your Voice Be Heard

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE – Oct. 25, 2010 – The Environmental Protec

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EPA Must Regulate Coal Ash – Investor Group

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS – Sep. 17, 2010 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should adopt federally‐enforceable regulations governing coal ash disposal to prevent costly environmental and public health impacts, says a group of investors representing … MORE >

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RELEASE: Coal Ash Should be Better Regulated by EPA, Say Investors

AS YOU SOW RELEASE – September 15, 2010 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should adopt federally‐ enforceable regulations governing coal ash disposal to prevent costly environmental and public health impacts, says a group … MORE >

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EPA Urged To Adopt Enforceable Regulations For Coal Ash

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES – Sep. 15, 2010 – Investment groups managing over $240 billion in assets under management urged the U.S. Environmental Protec

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SRI Investors Fight For More Coal Ash Regs

FINANCIAL ADVISOR – Sep. 15, 2010 – More than 20 investor groups are asking for new regula

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Investors Press Power Companies For Plans On Coal-Ash Waste

WALL STREET JOURNAL – May 27, 2010 – Investors are putting pressure on utility companies to examine risks posed by coal-ash waste from power plants.

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RELEASE: Shareholders Urge CMS to Come Clean on Coal Ash

AS YOU SOW RELEASE – May 17, 2010 – CMS Energy, whose coal ash landfill at the Karn‐Weadock plant has contaminated groundwater and is leaking heavy metals into Saginaw Bay, faces a shareholder proposal this … MORE >

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Investors Raise Coal Ash Disposal Issues With Coal Utilities

TRIPLEPUNDIT – May 06, 2010 – As regulators debate emission caps and utilities install filters and scrubbers to reduce toxic particles from going into the atmosphere – we have to take a minute and remember … MORE >

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RELEASE: First­ever Shareholder Vote on Coal Ash Risks

AS YOU SOW RELEASE – April 27, 2010 – In the first‐ever shareholder vote on coal ash practices and disclosure, 25.6% of MDU Resources shareholders voted in support of increased transparency on this key environmental … MORE >

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RELEASE: MDU Resources Targeted on Coal Ash

AS YOU SOW RELEASE – April 23, 2010 – MDU Resources Group (MDU), a Bismarck, ND‐based utility, will face a shareholder proposal questioning its coal ash storage practices at the Annual Shareholder Meeting on 27 … MORE >

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