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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to strengthen its oversight of coal ash, a toxic byproduct from burning coal for electricity.
The agency is clarifying that power companies have to clean up their coal ash and store it in a way that can’t leak and harm people who live nearby.
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