Nine years after the Gadsden Steam Plant stopped burning coal, its unlined coal ash pond is still polluting Alabama ...

C., in which about twenty-five persons thus far are reported as having lost their lives, calls attention to a very peculiar industry for the State of North Carolina. It is the only coal mine in ...

Coal ash, which contains arsenic, heavy metals and radioactive elements, is stirring unease in this town of 50,000, one of ...

A coalition of utilities from across the country is pushing to weaken federal rules meant to control toxic coal ash, WRAL News reported. In North Carolina, where coal ash is already a widespread ...

Environmental groups have put Alabama Power on notice that they intend to sue the utility over groundwater pollution from its ...

The move was met with praise from Republican lawmakers and concerns about water pollution from environmental advocates.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. If you care about safe water for all, you should be celebrating the North Carolina ...

The proposed settlement set to be filed Monday with the North Carolina Utilities Commission would slash customers’ costs for closing coal-ash ponds by about $1.1 billion through 2030 ...

Approximately 60,000 cubic yards — roughly the equivalent of 46 Olympic-sized swimming pools — of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s toxic coal ash was dumped in a large pit at 828 Martin ...

Wealthy Carolina Town Worries There’s Danger Lurking Under Its Lawns For decades, utilities across the nation sold waste coal ash to developers ... in Chapel Hill, North Carolina has varied ...