Watch the video and/or read the articles (the video is excellent!) and you’ll understand why we need to work at the national, state, and local level to stop pollution from coal ash!
Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) featured a coal ash story on her program last night: the story is entitled, Steamed Bun, Older Sister - highlighting how the coal ash industry has attempted to create the illusion of a grassroots effort supporting their position for not regulating coal ash as a hazardous waste. Citizens for Recycling First created an on line petition that included hundreds of fake Chinese names – these fake names were exposed by a report done by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP).
Steamed Bun, Older Sister – Maddow story:
EIP’s report: Meet Coal Ash’s New Fake Chinese Friends, Big Steamed Bun and Handsome Dragon
Mother Jones:
