GADSDEN — Cruising upstream on the Coosa River through downtown Gadsden, it would be easy to miss the old coal ash pond sitting on the north bank of the river. It’s mostly hidden by trees and bushes, ...

Gloria Hammond’s house is the last one left on Luther Smith Road in Monroe County. Walk out the back of her house, through a patch of hardwoods and a canebrake and you come to Berry Creek. “I walked ...

Three unexpected environmentalists have taken on Alabama Power’s coal ash pond in a new documentary. But in their fight, the three retirees (called the “Coal Ash Grannies”) are able to find purpose ...

Jun. 11—FLOYD COUNTY — Public comment is now open for residents to share their input before the Indiana Department of Emergency Management approves or denies the closure plan for the main coal ash ...

A system meant to route wastewater away from a coal ash storage pond leaked 1,000 gallons of water into the Dan River, Duke Energy officials reported to the state Department of Environment and Natural ...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has notified counterparts at the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) that they believe the state may be allowing Georgia Power to store ...

As Midwest Generation seeks modification of its handling of coal ash at its decommissioned Waukegan power plant from the Illinois Pollution Control Board, it is reconsidering its earlier proposal to ...

Lawyers for Duke Energy and North Carolina environmental regulators spent much of Monday behind closed doors working out a settlement to a record $25.1 million fine the state imposed in March for ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—At an EPA meeting in Montgomery, a cup of water took center stage. In a modest hotel a stone’s throw from the Alabama River, dozens of people shared their views on a serious threat to ...

RALEIGH, N.C., June 25 (Reuters) - North Carolina's state Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill calling for the closure of Duke Energy's 33 coal ash ponds in the state within 15 years, ...

RALEIGH – Duke Energy on Tuesday gave a panel of state lawmakers here a range of estimates on what it would cost and how much time it would take to stop its 14 coal-fired power plant sites from ...

Shipping containers full of coal ash from China, Poland and India have come into the U.S. through the Port of Virginia as foreign companies find a market for the same industrial waste that America's ...