Though there are many #heavymetals that #coalmining can release to our #freshwater, #selenium has been noted as a particularly risky #pollutant as it bioaccumulates in the #environment reaching toxic levels for #fish, #animals living in riparian areas, and potentially in agricultural #soils and #plants grown in them. This is a risk not only to human #health and the health of aquatic #ecosystems, but also risks the reputation of our regional agricultural products.

9/14

https://www.iea.org/news/global-coal-demand-has-reached-a-plateau-and-may-well-decline-slightly-by-2030

"we expect #global #coal demand to plateau before edging down by 2030"

i.e. NOT decrease! Remember #CO2 is a #stock #pollutant.

It accumulates. The ability of #sea and #trees to absorb has diminished.

#climate #climatechange #crisis #adaptation #migration

Joseph Goffman, who led the #air office at the #EPA under the #Biden admin, said the rule would all but certainly face #legal challenges if it is finalized.

He said the #Trump admin’s proposed rule conflicts w/the 2007 #SCOTUS ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA, a landmark case that found for the first time that #GreenhouseGases were a #pollutant under the #CleanAirAct. That led the EPA to make the finding in 2009 that said that 6 greenhouse gases were harming #PublicHealth.

#Climate #science #law