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Advocates from Across the Country Rally in Chicago for Coal Ash Rule Reform

Inside Climate News · By Aydali Campa · last updated
More than 100 coal ash sites sit within two miles of the Great Lakes, a drinking water source for 30 million people. Community groups called on the EPA for stricter regulation.

By Aydali Campa

CHICAGO—Environmental advocates and community members from 21 states and Puerto Rico rallied here Wednesday in support of reforming rules on coal ash disposal. The rally took place near an EPA hearing where about 100 witnesses testified on a new draft rule. 

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State of Play

Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates. 

Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.

The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21). 

Climate diplomacy: COP 27 | Climate diplomacy: COP 28 | Climate diplomacy: COP 29

 

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