Test results of the soil near a Mooresville day care confirm what experts feared: what they call "unacceptable levels" of carcinogens and radioactivity in the coal ash placed there decades ago as fill ...

A group of electric utilities, including Duke Energy, is asking the federal government to roll back environmental rules that would require stronger coal ash cleanup and greenhouse gas limits on power ...

A recent decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denying an application for a coal ash disposal plan in Alabama is raising questions about what it could mean for a similar program in ...

BUCKS, Ala.—Alabama’s largest electric utility reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resolving two of three alleged violations stemming from one of its largest coal ash ...

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Like many other utilities, Georgia Power’s days of burning coal for electricity are dwindling. Just 12 years ago, 62% of the company’s power supply came from coal. By 2028, it’s likely to have just ...

The Hoosier Environmental Council is suing the Indiana Office of Administrative Law Proceedings over a permit allowing a power plant to discharge untreated wastewater. The lawsuit claims the ...

David Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, called on state leaders to address the massive coal ash pond that sits along the Mobile River, calling it a “huge environmental bomb.” “We do ...

Coal and ash handling presents many problems, but cost-saving and revenue generation opportunties are available to aggressive asset owners. A necessary evil. That is the term often applied to coal and ...