EPA Cooking the Books for the Coal Industry? Agency Inflated Value of Coal Ash Recycling By 20 Times

Image: essg.com The EPA has said that coal ash recycling is worth more than $23 billion [PDF] a year, based on the pollution avoided and energy saved. The problem with that estimate? It’s more than 20 times higher than the actual number—$1.15 billion—found in the government’s own data, say a coalition of environmental groups that reviewed the numbers. It was no secret the EPA acts a

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EPA Cooking the Books for the Coal Industry? Agency Inflated Value of Coal Ash Recycling By 20 Times

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