
Study: CoalFired Plants Pollute Groundwater | Fluence
Environmental groups are pushing for tighter regulation and enforcement of EPA rules. A new study shows that of the 265 coalburning power plants it studied in the United States, 241 have dangerous levels of toxic metals in the groundwater around them, based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. The figure, which comes to 91% of the plants, was derived only from plants that must ...