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Georgia grants controversial coal ash pond closure permit to Georgia Power
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer via Yahoo News· 7 months ago“Leaving toxic coal ash in primitive, unlined pits contaminates groundwater and puts Georgia’s...
What’s legal for closing Georgia’s coal ash ponds might hinge on one word: Infiltration
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGloria Hammond’s house is the last one left on Luther Smith Road in Monroe County. Walk out the back...
EPA just rejected Alabama’s plan for a state-run coal ash program. What does it mean for Georgia?
Georgia Recorder via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThis story was updated at 7:40 p.m. on May 28 with a response from the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Georgia Power plan to leave coal ash in groundwater could be upended by new EPA rule
Georgia Recorder via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday the final adoption of rules aimed at...
Feds rejected Alabama’s toxic waste disposal plan. What that means for Georgia’s coal ash
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGeorgia Power’s plans for disposing of toxic industrial waste at a handful of coal plants across the...
EPA chooses people over utilities in rejection of Alabama coal ash plan. Is Georgia next?
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 week ago“Alabama Department of Environment protects polluters, but today they have failed,” Frank Holleman...
EPA takes issue with Georgia agency’s approval of state utility’s ash disposal plan
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised concerns in a letter to its Georgia counterpart...
In a letter to state regulators, federal EPA says Georgia’s coal ash plan is inadequate
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFor years, Georgia environmentalists have wondered whether the Environmental Protection Agency would...
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· 10 months agoWhen the sun sets on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s use of coal power plants, it won’t set on the...
Where is common sense in toxic coal-ash issue?
Georgia Recorder via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoListen. Hear it? What? That whirring sound. You thought it was just cicadas, but no. It’s the billing meters of Georgia Power’s attorneys and corporate...