Three power plants in West Virginia are among those slated for improvements in their ash handling systems as American Electric Power brings them into compliance with federal regulations. AEP announced ...

US Environmental Protection Agency proposal aims to curtail cleanup rule scope at legacy ash storage sites, allow states to set site-specific groundwater remediation and other standards and change ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined ...

BISMARCK — North Dakota’s largest power plant faces the possibility of having to shut down for up to three years if a proposed denial of a federal permit involving the disposal of coal ash is upheld.

This story is part of a collaboration with Grist and WABE to demystify the Georgia Public Service Commission, the small but powerful state-elected board that makes critical decisions about everything ...

DALLAS, Texas, September 9, 2010 (ENS) – Concerned about the health and environmental dangers of coal ash dumps, hundreds of residents from four states packed a U.S. EPA hearing in Dallas Wednesday, ...

In the tiny town of Cayuga, Indiana, a coal-fired power station poisoned the nearby Wabash River for over 40 years, not through the fumes billowing out of its smokestack but the heavy metals leaching ...

JULIETTE, Ga. — Dozens made it out to express concerns and ask questions at Altamaha Riverkeeper's meeting about Georgia Power's coal ash ponds Tuesday night. Altamaha Riverkeeper explained toxic ...

WASHINGTON - Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in Michigan and 31 other states, a practice the federal government has long recognized as a risk to human health and ...

NEEDHAM, Mass., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ST Equipment & Technology LLC (STET) headquartered in Needham, MA, announces the collaboration of a fly ash beneficiation project with the Phoenix Cement ...

BAY CITY, MI — When a pile of toxic coal ash tumbled into the clear, blue waters of Lake Michigan nine years ago in Wisconsin, it was called a “freak accident” and a “preventable mess.” It’s exactly ...