House to Vote on Effort to Preempt EPA Regulation of Coal Ash
<div class='node-body'><p>The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday on a measure to urge the Transportation Conference Committee to strip the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._Environmental_Protections_Agency" target="_self" title="reference on U.S. Environmental Protections Agency">U.S. Environmental Protections Agency</a> (EPA) of the ability to designate toxic coal ash as a hazardous waste. This spring, the House approved H.R.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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