EPA and Alabama Power to Start Settlement Negotiations Over Coal Ash Storage near Mobile

MOBILE, Ala.—A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Alabama Power filed by Mobile Baykeepers over the utility’s storage of more than 21 million tons of coal ash, a toxic sludge, in an unlined pit above Mobile Bay.  Mobile Baykeepers, an environmental nonprofit based in south Alabama, alleges that the state’s largest utility is violating … Continue reading EPA and Alabama Power to Start Settlement Negotiations Over Coal Ash Storage near Mobile