RFK, Jr.: Coal's Toxic Sludge

For the last 30 years, the coal industry has been working closely with government regulatory agencies to keep the dangers of their toxic waste hidden from the American public. During the Bush administration, the industry became so entwined with the EPA that it was almost impossible to distinguish the two, and the industry was given everything it could ever want. The question we now have to answer is whether or not the Obama administration is going to stand up to Big Coal, or will they continue to tow the line. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses how the coal industry managed to completely capture the government with Jeff Goodell, a contributing editor to Rolling Stone magazine, and author of the new book "How to Cool the Planet: Geo Engineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate."

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Jeff Goodell
• Rolling Stone
• Coal's Toxic Sludge
• Robert F Kennedy Jr
• Clean Coal
• Lie
• Coal Ash
• Kingston
• West Virginia
• Environment
• Pollution
• Poison
• Ring of Fire

[rmontena]

We have known for years that Coal burning as a chief source of electricity was bad, not only for humans but for the water, air and even land resources. You go, Bobby, keep telling us of the danger, maybe one day we will get change. It will be because of your tireless effort to change the status quo.

[snarkwaupaca]

I live in a 120 year old suburb of Chicago, All the back yards have coal ash from the early 1900's when coal was a primary home heating fuel. I have been warning my neighbors who have been planting gardens for years in it to be cautious.

[imaginepeace63]

Bobby they will not. To many on owned by big coal.

[swankrecords]

Koch Industries is nasty.