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Trump EPA Removes More Critical Toxic Coal Ash Protections

By Daveon Coleman | Earthjustice on Jul 30, 2019 Featured, National, National/World

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Trump EPA accelerated its ongoing effort to gut landmark safeguards that protect public health and the environment from toxic coal ash pollution by weakening safeguards for coal ash piles and sites where coal ash is placed on or beneath the ground. On the chopping block are federal safeguards for coal ash […]

British Columbia Mining Linked with Human Rights Violations for Alaska Tribal Nations

By Daveon Coleman | Earthjustice on Dec 5, 2018 Southeast Alaska, State

[dropcap]J[/dropcap]UNEAU, AK – Tribal nations of Southeast Alaska have called on an international body to take action in preventing human rights violations related to the ability to practice their culture and maintain their livelihoods, stemming from six hard-rock mines in British Columbia. The Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC), which represents 15 sovereign Tribal nations […]