| The clock is ticking on cleaning up coal ash. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made it official on June 21, giving us 90 days to comment on the first-ever federal rule for coal ash disposal at hundreds of dumps and landfills across the country. We've got just three months to send 50,000 emails to the EPA, telling them to set strong, federally enforceable safeguards against this hazardous waste. But the EPA's proposed coal ash rule is far from perfect. Instead of setting a clear direction on cleaning up coal ash, the EPA instead offered two options: one that uses the strongest protections under the law to curb the coal ash threat, and another that maintains the status quo, offering no federally enforceable requirements to clean up the coal ash mess. We're part of a national coalition of more than 250 environmental and public health groups working together to fight the lobbyists for the coal and power industries who want little or no oversight over coal ash dumping. They've met with EPA and White House officials and will do everything they can to keep the status quo, which allows them in many states to dump their toxic waste without any concerns for nearby communities. They don't want to clean up the coal ash mess they've made over the last 50 years and will be fighting for more delay, more cutbacks and less protections for our health and environment. Let's tell the EPA that we want strong, federally enforceable safeguards that guarantee coal ash will not pollute our drinking water, our rivers, our streams, our wildlife and our communities. This hazardous waste has been ignored for far too long, and millions of Americans may be at risk of cancer, developmental problems, organ damage and other health threats. Send your comment to the EPA today: http://action.earthjustice.org/campaign/coalash_0710/i37iwdu4v75bkmnd? — Earthjustice
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