coal ash
May 20, 2011 -
Number of years since a surface impoundment collapsed at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston coal-fired power plant in eastern Tennessee: almost 2.5
March 30, 2011 -
By Lisa Evans, Earthjustice
March 7, 2011 -
Communities imperiled by poorly managed coal ash won't be getting help from the federal government any time soon.
February 21, 2011 -
The House of Representatives approved an amendment to a federal spending bill over
February 17, 2011 -
The House is expected to vote as early as today on amendments to a budget bill that would take away the Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate toxic coal ash as a hazardous waste.
February 3, 2011 -
An independent report identifies 28 coal ash dump sites from Massachusetts to Nevada where hexavalent chromium has been detected in the groundwater at levels exceeding federal or state standards. Hexavalent chromium is one toxic waste product created by coal-fired power plants known to contain potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals, combustion byproducts and radioactive elements.
January 3, 2011 -
When the federal Environmental Protection Agency prepared a co