Forcing Polluters to Clean Up Their Mess Means New Hope for Communities By Ben Jealous May 5, 2024 The EPA will require power plants to deal with their toxic coal ash waste In this story: EPA, dirty fuels, coal ash
Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind By Austyn Gaffney September 26, 2023 That black stuff spilling off railcars is a threat to public health and waterways across the United States In this story: coal, coal ash, health, water, toxics
Can Harvesting Rare Earth Elements Solve the Coal Ash Crisis? By Austyn Gaffney February 23, 2021 Over 3 billion tons of coal ash occupy more than 1,400 sites across the US In this story: coal ash, coal
Remembering Kingston By Austyn Gaffney December 21, 2019 On the anniversary of the nation’s largest coal ash spill, disease and death haunt first responders In this story: coal ash
Coal Ash Comeback By Austyn Gaffney November 17, 2019 It’s headed back to drinking water and playgrounds, thanks to Trump’s EPA In this story: coal ash
North Carolina to Duke Energy: Clean Up Your Coal Ash By Lewis Page April 3, 2019 Dramatic move to keep toxic chemicals out of groundwater and rivers In this story: coal ash
The Overstory: Drawdown March 6, 2019 Season One, Episode Five In this story: national parks, climate change, energy efficiency, coal ash, clean water
Clean Coal Is Not a Joke By Natasha Geiling September 25, 2018 There’s nothing clean about coal and nothing funny about its impacts In this story: coal ash, coal, climate change
What Lies Beneath Florence’s Floodwaters By Matt Smith September 19, 2018 Wastewater, coal ash, and other health risks of natural disasters In this story: coal ash
Coal-Ash Chemicals in Your Drinking Water: Y/N? By Carrie A. Koplinka-Loehr April 25, 2018 Pruitt’s EPA wants to turn authority to not do anything back to the states In this story: EPA, coal ash, toxics