the problem is t the power companies s have known since the seventities and proby longer than that that this coal ash is such a mamassive, huge amount of waste that they don't know what to do with. they have fought for yeyears and years and years to make sure that the regulations don't make i it difficult for them to get rid of this stuff. >> the message for the commumunities are you have to defend yourself anand know that your government that you are financining is not adequatately defending your heaealth, safety, and welflfare, nor your rights o clean air, clean land, and clean water. >> the people who live around coal ash dump sites believe they are being shrugged off as collateral damage, by both corporarate intererests and slolow-moving government agenci. more than anyone, they know what's at stake. >> i've lived 55 years. and i know that it's a touough economy and people have to make tough decisions. um, i do think that powower and moneynd g gre is a a big--is a a big part o o. >> i do believe that we need energy. i do believe that we-- i'm not against c coal. the thig that i woul