When the dust settles

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Western North Carolina residents attended an EPA public hearing in Charlotte to advocate for stricter regulation of coal ash as hazardous waste, citing health and environmental concerns from Progress Energy's Skyland plant. The article discusses the 2008 TVA Kingston coal-ash spill as a catalyst for EPA reconsideration and presents competing industry and environmental perspectives on whether coal ash should be regulated as hazardous or reused in consumer products.