Ohio Coal to Clean Energy
Sierra Club releases graphic, exclusive footage from toxic coal waste rupture on October 1.
After a summer filled with dirty energy disasters, add another one to the list: Murray Energy's pipeline carrying toxic coal slurry through Belmont County ruptured Friday, October 1, flooding surrounding areas with thick, black sludge. Read our press release.
U.S. coal ash crisis worsens: Report reveals four additional Ohio sites, 39 nationwide
As the EPA considers how to regulate toxic waste from coal plants, Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice and Sierra Club issued a report today on the nationwide scope of the problem. The report, In Harm’s Way, reveals 39 new sites in 21 states where toxic coal waste has threatened water supplies, including 4 sites in Ohio. It documents the steadily growing number of waters known to be poisoned by poor management of the toxic ash left over when coal is burned for electricity.
Gavin pond, strip mine & Kyger Creek landfill behind, courtesy Elisa Young/Southwings
Information: In Harms Way: Lack of Federal Coal Ash Regulations Endangers Americans and Their Environment
Action: Protect Ohio from toxic coal ash waste
Video: Coal Ash in Ohio - Ohio Citizen Action
Audio: Listen to the Ohio coal ash press conference call, featuring powerful testimony from Ohio citizens directly impacted by toxic coal ash.
Coal ash in the News:
Ohio Campuses Moving Beyond Coal
First off, a hat-tip to our friends at realNEO, who brought attention to the coal plant in University Circle in the first place:
Other media:
Fish-Killing Bay Shore Coal Plant Costs Ohio $30 Million Every Year
OREGON, OHIO - Sport and commercial anglers, boaters, local residents, and citizen groups have released an economic study that calculates the FirstEnergy Bay Shore coal plant costs the state's economy $29.7 million every year by destroying fish populations that would otherwise be used by Ohioans for recreation or commercial sale.
The Sierra Club collaborated with Ohio Citizen Action, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Association, the Ohio Environmental Council, the Lake Erie Charterboat Association, the Izaak Walton League, and local residents to commission the study.
Download and read the study.
Read the comments authored by NRDC on behalf of the Sierra Club and allied groups.
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