coal ash

Coal Ash Dumps Are Contaminating Groundwater in 22 States

Coal ash located at the Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Virginia, appears in a photo taken on June 26,…

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EPA’s Own Data Refutes Justification for Clean Water Act Rollback

A swine facility in Eastern North Carolina. Photo: Caitlin Penna for The Intercept While Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew…

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“Wild, Wonderful” West Virginia’s Decapitated Mountains and Deformed Fish

Photo credit: Mandel Ngan Getty Images A scientist documents the poisoning of the state’s waters by the coal industry I…

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Hurricane Florence breaches manure lagoon, coal ash pit in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. — Flooded rivers from Florence’s drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution…

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New Tests Reveal 15 out of 15 of Indiana’s Coal Ash Ponds Are Leaking

Photo: Barbara Deardorff draws water from her tap in Wheatfield, Indiana. Dangerous chemicals from a nearby coal ash pond have…

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