Groups Sue Environmental Protection Agency over Coal Ash August 26, 2022 By Travis Loller NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday over its refusal to...
Environmental Group Plans Suit over Coal Ash in Mobile Delta July 22, 2022 MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An environmental group took the first step Wednesday toward filing suit over plans by Alabama Power...
Coal Ash Workers Dying as Lawsuit over Illnesses Drags on May 31, 2022 By Travis Loller NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 2013, the first of more than 200 workers who labored to clean up the nation’s...
Sovereign Immunity No Defense in $3B Coal-Ash Lawsuit, 6th Circuit Rules May 20, 2022 Sovereign immunity does not protect a federal contractor against a lawsuit filed by some 60 former employees seeking $3 billion...
EPA Moves to Crack Down on Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds January 12, 2022 By Matthew Daly WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power...
Duke Energy Agrees to Remove Coal Ash in North Carolina January 3, 2020 RALEIGH, N.C. — The state of North Carolina says it has secured an agreement with Duke Energy to excavate nearly...
US Won’t Impose Rule to Protect Against Coal Ash Spill Costs July 9, 2019 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it won’t require electric utilities to show they have money to...
With Billions at Stake, Utilities Fight to Charge Coal-Ash Costs May 14, 2019 By David R. Baker and Jim Efstathiou Jr. First, states across the U.S. ordered utilities to clean up ponds full of toxic coal waste. Now, they’re balking at...
The Other Coal Fight: Red States Try to Drain Toxic Waste Ponds April 10, 2019 By David R. Baker It’s the other dirty problem for U.S. coal — one that could cost utilities billions to clean up. Even as...
Coal Ash Stored in Virginia City Vulnerable to Risks January 17, 2017 By DAVE MAYFIELD, The Virginian-Pilot Millions of tons of ash stored at a former coal-fired power plant in , Va.,will become increasingly vulnerable to flooding...