President Donald Trump comes into office vowing to ease environmental regulations on the utility industry. Now companies that own coal-burning plants in Ohio are asking the new administration to ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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

Millions of tons of coal ash leftover from burning the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel are sitting in ponds and landfills, able to leach into waterways and pollute soil. But this toxic waste may ...

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 ...

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 ...

Utilities, including Duke Energy, seek EPA rollbacks on coal ash cleanup and emissions rules. Advocates warn it risks public ...

Regulations governing coal ash disposal fly beyond the EPA’s authority to govern solid wastes, according to opening briefs ...

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 ...