Lake Michigan Ferry Won't Get Earmark Extending Coal-Ash Dumping

An effort by the owners of the SS Badger to get five more years to change fuel sources and/or cease its routine, by-the-multiple ton coal-ash dumping into Lake Michigan failed in the Congress Wednesday.

The ship's owners had agreed with the EPA in 2008 to make the necessary changes, haven't and now face a  year-end deadline. Some history, here, or use this blog's search box in the upper left.