Federal Court Orders EPA to Strengthen Rule on Toxic Wastewater from Power Plants

[Dill]

(04-15-2019, 02:51 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Here is the opinion: https://waterkeeper.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-04-12-Opinion-ELG.pdf

And here is an article from one of the organizations I follow: https://waterkeeper.org/federal-appeals-court-orders-epa-to-strengthen-rule-on-toxic-wastewater/

Siding with environmentalists, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday issued a decision directing the EPA to strengthen limits on toxic wastewater from power plants. The Court’s ruling requires EPA to reevaluate modern wastewater treatment technology to greatly reduce the amount of toxic pollution that power plants are permitted to dump into our rivers, lakes, and streams.


“This is a major victory for clean water,” said Thom Cmar, Deputy Managing Attorney of the Earthjustice Coal Program. “The court made clear that EPA needs to strengthen the rule to protect communities living downstream of power plants, calling into question the legality of the Trump Administration’s plans to weaken these public health protections.”

Deep State obstruction. 

What about the rights of people who DON'T live down river and don't want corporations to pass on the costs of environmental regulation to consumers?