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New federal rules aim to clean up toxic coal ash, including nearly a dozen sites in Kentucky
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 2 months agoKentucky is one of a minority of states that produces most of its electricity by burning coal. A...
Environmental groups welcome federal rules requiring TVA to clean up old coal ash dumps
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMore than a decade after one of the biggest industrial disasters in Tennessee history, the U.S....
EPA rule would force clean-up of toxic coal ash dumped in landfills, ponds near power plants
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Environmental Protection Agency is strengthening a rule aimed at controlling and cleaning up...
Mooresville to buy and clean up toxic coal ash site along busy Lake Norman highway
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMooresville plans to buy and clean up a longtime toxic coal ash site along busy N.C. 150 just east...
What is coal ash? Can it harm your health if you're exposed? Experts weigh in
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen the sun sets on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s use of coal power plants, it won’t set on the...
A playground was built on coal ash. What it means for kids in this East Tennessee town
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn the hills of East Tennessee, just a half hour outside Knoxville, is a wood-framed playground that...
Feds reject Alabama’s plan to dispose of toxic waste from coal-fired power plants
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor the first time, the EPA has rebuffed a coal ash waste plan from the Alabama Department of...
'A unique application': TVA takes $216M first step toward turning coal ash sites into solar farms
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Tennessee Valley Authority took its first step toward turning its coal ash landfills into solar...
Georgia Power plan to leave coal ash in groundwater could be upended by new EPA rule
Georgia Recorder via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday the final adoption of rules aimed at...
EPA formally denies Alabama’s plan for coal ash waste
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThis article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization...