Tag: coal ash
Local Residents, Environmental Advocates Spoke Out at EPA Coal Ash Public Hearing
Jacksonville Community Shared Testimony on Coal Ash Pollution and Demanded Stronger Protections JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Yesterday, Jacksonville residents joined advocates and environmental leaders from across the country to participate in a public hearing regarding EPA’s attempt to roll back its Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule, a move which experts warn would … [continued]
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Iowa Waterways at Risk as EPA Allows More Toxic Waste from Coal Plants
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rolling back protections that stop coal-burning power plants from dumping toxic wastewater—including arsenic, mercury, selenium, and lead—from coal ash waste landfills into U.S. waterways. The discharge of coal ash wastewater has been an issue at Iowa coal plants, including in Sioux City on … [continued]
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EPA to Allow More Coal Plants Off the Hook for Toxic Waste Dumped in U.S. Waterways
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back protections that stop coal-fired power plants from dumping toxic wastewater—including arsenic, mercury, selenium, and lead—from coal ash waste landfills into U.S. waterways. In September 2025, Donald Trump’s EPA gave coal plant companies a pass by delaying enforcement of long-overdue wastewater protections from coal … [continued]
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Major nuclear plant expansion envisioned on the far side of Lake Huron
More energy news with the Trump administration reopening Minnesota’s Boundary Waters to mining and a deep-red Ohio county nearly overturning its ban on utility-scale renewables.
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Consumers plans to inject coal plant waste deep underground
Consumers Energy is seeking approval to drill two deep injection wells at a coal plant next to Lake Michigan in Ottawa County, Michigan, to dispose of coal ash wastewater and […]