When a storage pond with more than a billion gallons of toxic coal ash sludge broke in Tennessee last month, alarms sounded over the lack of federal regulation of coal combustion waste piling up at ...

OAK RIDGE — Concerned residents and environmental activists gathered at the Oak Ridge Civic Center on Wednesday for a public meeting to review alternatives for disposing of coal ash at TVA's Bull Run ...

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Coal ash, or coal combustion residuals (CCRs), is the second-largest waste material in the U.S., just behind household garbage. The safe and sustainable management of coal ash poses one of the most ...

JULIETTE, Ga. — Environmental agencies have raised concerns with Georgia Power's coal ash ponds at five power plants; including Plant Scherer in Juliette. The ponds are used to dispose of coal, but ...

Coal ash refers to the hazardous byproducts of coal combustion at coal-based power plants — namely, fly ash, bottom ash, and boiler slag — which contain toxic materials such as arsenic and lead. It is ...

After eight years, the people of Roane County got the news they have been waiting to hear. The ecosystem affected by the January 2008 coal ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant has returned to ...

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, heavy equipment is used at an ash storage site at Gallatin Fossil Plant in Gallatin, Tenn. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to scrap an ...

Owners of southeastern Montana’s Colstrip coal-fired power plant will convert two of the four units to a nonliquid disposal system, which environmental groups called a major step toward ending 30 ...

Researchers in South Africa are exploring the potential of Eskom’s coal ash to recover rare earth elements like neodymium, ...