Coal ash

Over 130 Power Plants That Have Spawned Leaking Toxic Coal Ash Ponds and Landfills Don’t Think Cleanup Is Necessary

EPA coal ash regulations issued in 2015 allow polluting utilities to self-regulate. And a giant loophole exempts coal ash piles that stopped receiving coal plant waste before that year.

By James Bruggers

Earthjustice Is Suing EPA Over Coal Ash Dumps, Which Leak Toxins Into Groundwater

By James Bruggers

Two US Electrical Grid Operators Claim That New Rules For Coal Ash Could Make Electricity Supplies Less Reliable

By James Bruggers

The Biden Administration Takes Action on Toxic Coal Ash Waste, Targeting Leniency by the Trump EPA

By James Bruggers

Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater at 91% of U.S. Coal Plants, Tests Show

By James Bruggers

A Coal Ash Spill Made These Workers Sick. Now, They're Fighting for Compensation.

By James Bruggers

In Florence's Floodwater: Sewage, Coal Ash and Hog Waste Lagoon Spills

By James Bruggers

Don't Gut Coal Ash Rules, Communities Beg EPA at Hearing

By Georgina Gustin

Federal Crackdown Puts Coal Ash Industry on Notice

By Lisa Song

EPA Given 90 Days to Assess Dangers of Coal Ash Products

By Elizabeth McGowan

Coal Ash Cloud Looms Large Over China

by Meng Si, chinadialogue

U.S. Investors With $240 Bln in Assets Urge Strict Federal Regs on Coal Ash

By Stacy Feldman

Investigation Shows So-Called 'Beneficial Use' of Coal Ash Putting Communities at Risk

By Sue Sturgis

EPA’s First Federal Coal Ash Regs Garner Qualified Praise from Advocates

By Stacy Feldman

EPA Rethinking Coal Ash Regulation

By Matthew Berger

US Government Still Promoting Use of Coal Ash on Crops

By Sue Sturgis

TVA's Coal Ash Dumping Plan Sparks Health Concerns

By Sue Sturgis

Review Finds 13 North Carolina Coal Ash Ponds Leaking Toxins into Groundwater

By Sue Sturgis

EPA Study Finds Dangers in Coal Ash Ponds Nationwide

By Stacy Morford