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  • The document criticizes 260 U.S. House members who voted on June 21, 2012, to include a provision in a transportation bill that allows coal ash ponds to operate without basic safety standards and prevents the EPA from establishing national health and safety regulations. It highlights that these members represent districts containing the vast majority of the U.S.'s hazardous coal ash sites and notes a correlation between these votes and campaign contributions from the electric utility and mining industries.

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    Themes: environmental regulationwater pollutionelectric power industrymining industryEnvironmental Protection Agency
    Earthjustice

    Document type: Fact sheet

    Regions: United States
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