Three Northwest Indiana Democratic senators criticized proposed rollbacks by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which could delay coal ash cleanup and loosen restrictions on toxic pollutants in the area.

State Senators Rodney Pol, D-Chesterton, Lonnie Randolph, D-East Chicago, and Mark Spencer, D-Gary, issued a joint statement Wednesday, calling out EPA rollbacks.

“Week after week, new reports confirm what Northwest Indiana residents already know: our communities are carrying the burden of toxic pollution and regulatory rollbacks that put corporate profits ahead of public health,” the joint statement said. “Our region is home to both natural beauty and some of the nation’s most harmful pollutants, and when the federal government weakens EPA standards, Hoosiers pay the price.”

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