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A state panel has ordered a power company to remove toxic coal ash ponds along the lakefront in Waukegan following a ...
Clermont County officials are worried about the flood’s impact on the former Walter C. Beckjord coal plant site where leftover coal ash is stored in unlined pits perched on the Ohio River.
Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide.
Hoosier Environmental Council sues Indiana for allowing the Eagle Valley Generating Station to discharge contaminated water ...
The lawsuit demanded that Georgia Power install a protective barrier in the coal ash pond to prevent further leakage into groundwater. Since then, there have been around 10 separate lawsuits.
coal ash has found many uses that benefit industry and even the environment. A billion gallons of ash sludge, laced with toxic materials, spilled from a holding pond and fouled 300 acres and two ...
The facility, a Martinsville power plant owned by AES, allegedly causes this by creating “coal ash waste ponds” near a stretch of the White River’s West Fork. This section of the river ...
The power plant, owned by Talen Energy, had settled a previous suit over the storage of coal ash for $1 million.
After the state enacted the Coal Ash Pollution Prevention Act in 2019, NRG decommissioned the plant in 2022. At the time, it put a plan in motion to remove the east pond, cap the west pond and ...
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 ...