Sweet Coal Ash. Sweeter Than The Roses.

Do you remember back in 2008, a humongous coal ash pond broke and spilled a billion gallons of toxic coal ash into local rivers and onto private lands? Remember everyone was aghast? And that the government promised swift action to make sure that kind of thing never happened again? Well guess what? Nothing happened. Surprised? Of course not. Actually the EPA came up with a plan to classify coal ash as a toxic waste material, which it certainly is. But the White House wasn't excited about the plan, probably because the coal industry fought it with lots of cash. Now, if you don't live near one of these "ponds" or down stream from one, or if there's no possibility of this stuff contaminating your drinking water or the aquifer under your part of the country, whatta you care. On the other hand, if you are one of the majority of people in this country, maybe you'd be interested in knowing that the EPA is holding public hearings on the subject. They now have to offer two plans. One is like the first and the other is to do pretty much nothing. Which do you prefer? Why not tell your congressman. After all it is election season. He (or she) just might listen right now.