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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

An ash pond at NIPSCO’s R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield is one of 86 in Indiana, the highest number of any state. (Photo courtesy of Alex Garcia/Earthjustice) To environmentalists, the ...

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 ...

Many of Indiana's coal ash ponds sit close to waterways, like these ponds at Clifty Creek coal plant in Jefferson County. Heavy rains this April flooded parts of central and southern Indiana.

Initially rejecting NRG’s plan to close two coal ash ponds at its Waukegan electrical generating plant adjacent to Lake Michigan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awaiting public comment ...

RICHMOND, Virginia – A bill extending the moratorium on the permanent closure of coal ash ponds has won House approval and awaits the signature of Gov. Ralph Northam to become the only legislation on ...

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 ...

Water pumps are working to remove water from the Waccamaw River as part of a larger plan to curb flooding due to Tropical Depression Florence. Josh Bell jbell@thesunnews.com The South Carolina ...

Unlined coal ash landfills at Georgia Power’s Plant Arkwright being consolidated into a single lined landfill on the bank of the Ocmulgee River in September of 2023. In addition to the liner, the new ...