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Reversing a dirty legacy: New rules aim to tighten regulations on coal ash


Updated 5/19/2021 3:49 PM
SPRINGFIELD After years of work by environmental activists to push action on the issue, the Illinois Pollution Control Board has issued findings and recommendations related to the regulation of coal ash storage an action advocates call the first of its kind in the state.
Coal ash, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, is the collection of byproducts of coal-burning power plants, which includes fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag and various other residues.
 
The material, also referred to as coal combustion residual, is typically kept in storage ponds located on the grounds near coal-burning power plants, known as surface impoundments. ....

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To encourage more electric vehicles on the road, Illinois should adopt California emission standards


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Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he wants to put more electric cars on Illinois roads. He is missing an opportunity to jump-start that effort.
Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have joined California in setting higher standards for auto emissions than those required by federal law. Illinois should join them and also become part of a coalition of states that is pushing more stringent standards for big trucks. Illinois would be cementing its emerging status as a leader in producing electric vehicles.
Rivian Automotive, a startup in downstate Normal, is close to producing electric vehicles in a former Mitsubishi Motors plant, leading Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to declare on Thursday that Illinois is poised to be the electric vehicle Silicon Valley of the 21st century. ....

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