Coal ash

Environmentalists Turn Out in Force to Oppose Trump Coal Ash Rollbacks

Proposed new regulations from the EPA would loosen requirements for protecting groundwater near power plants where the toxic residue from burning coal is stored. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin calls the changes “commonsense” moves to maintain American energy dominance.

By Arcelia Martin

Alabama Coal Ash Lawsuit Can Continue, Appeals Court Rules

By Dennis Pillion

The Tennessee Valley Authority Produced a Booklet Downplaying Coal Ash Risks. Top Researchers Call it ‘Dishonest.’ 

By Dennis Pillion

How Alabama Power Has Left the ‘American Amazon’ at Risk

By Lee Hedgepeth

The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill

By Anika Jane Beamer

Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater 7 Years After Closure, Lawsuit Claims

By Dennis Pillion

Alabama Power Threatened With Lawsuit for Contaminating Groundwater With Coal Ash

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

Duke Energy Promised to Limit Emissions at Four New Gas Plants. It’s Already Back-Tracking

By Lisa Sorg

They Fell Sick After Cleaning Up a TVA Toxic Disaster. A New Book Details Their Legal Battle

By James Bruggers

EPA Settles Some Alabama Coal Ash Violations, but Larger Questions Linger

By Dennis Pillion

North Carolina’s Iconic College Town Struggles to Redevelop a Toxic Coal Ash Mound

By Lisa Sorg

Effort to Save a Historic Water Tower Put Lead in this North Carolina Town’s Soil

By Lisa Sorg

EPA Formally Denies Alabama’s Plan for Coal Ash Waste

By Lee Hedgepeth

New EPA Rule Could Accelerate Cleanup of Coal Ash Dumps

By Daniel Propp

EPA Reports ‘Widespread Noncompliance’ With the Nation’s First Regulations on Toxic Coal Ash

By Amy Green

Environmentalists Rattled by Radioactive Risks of Toxic Coal Ash

By Lee Hedgepeth

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

By Lee Hedgepeth

The Danger Upstream: In Disposing Coal Ash, One of These States is Not Like the Others

By Lee Hedgepeth

Texas Permits Lignite Mine Expansion Despite Water Worries

By Dylan Baddour