Could it be in your yard? Coal ash is often stored in large pits or impoundments called "ponds." Indiana has the most in the U.S., with more than 80 at 16 coal plants across the state. They ...

“Importantly, nowhere in the agreement does the EPA allege or determine that Alabama Power’s (coal ash pond) compliance ...

Biden-era regulations on coal ash and greenhouse gas emissions from power plants would bring "harm to the economy," utilities ...

Among them are requirements that they protect groundwater from coal ash — a byproduct that contains toxins such as arsenic, mercury, lead and even radioactive isotopes. The EPA in 2015 implemented a ...

Monday’s order, if not successfully appealed by Duke, means that the utility will have to drain all 31 of its N.C. ash ponds and excavate millions of pounds of coal ash, the Observer’s Bruce ...

NC’s biggest utility is among 10 companies that have written to Trump’s new EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, asking for relief ...

State law identifies it as one of four high-priority sites for closing coal ash ponds, which have been linked to contamination, by 2019. “We share our customers’ urgency for closing ash basins ...

HARRISBURG, Pa.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue Talen Energy Corporation and Brunner Island, LLC, for failing to mitigate toxic pollution risks ...

The EPA and Springfield, Illinois, have agreed on measures to address coal ash contamination at CWLP facilities near Lake ...

adding it had already "safely closed" existing ash ponds. The utilities' recent letter also calls for the EPA to review its recent enforcement actions on coal ash regulations "in light of new ...