Search results
Georgia grants controversial coal ash pond closure permit to Georgia Power
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer via Yahoo News· 6 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· 3 weeks agoGloria Hammond’s house is the last one left on Luther Smith Road in Monroe County. Walk out the back...
Georgia Power plan to leave coal ash in groundwater could be upended by new EPA rule
Georgia Recorder via Yahoo News· 1 week 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· 8 months agoGeorgia Power’s plans for disposing of toxic industrial waste at a handful of coal plants across the...
EPA takes issue with Georgia agency’s approval of state utility’s ash disposal plan
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raised concerns in a letter to its Georgia counterpart...
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· 9 months agoWhen the sun sets on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s use of coal power plants, it won’t set on the...
In a letter to state regulators, federal EPA says Georgia’s coal ash plan is inadequate
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFor years, Georgia environmentalists have wondered whether the Environmental Protection Agency would...
Georgia Power customers could be stuck paying billions more for toxic waste disposal
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe company’s plans to cap coal ash in place likely violate a 2015 EPA rule, which could result in a...
Georgia Power facing lawsuits over pollution concerns connected to Juliette’s Plant Scherer
Macon Telegraph via AOL· 1 year agoAs Georgia Power prepares to shutter a massive Middle Georgia coal power plant over the next decade,...
Feds reject Alabama’s plan to dispose of toxic waste from coal-fired power plants
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFor the first time, the EPA has rebuffed a coal ash waste plan from the Alabama Department of...