The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just rejected Alabama’s plan to let utilities leave millions of tons of coal ash in unlined ponds alongside rivers. The EPA, in a formal rejection releas ...

If the EPA proposal is finalized, utilities in Alabama may be forced to excavate and remove millions of tons of wet coal ash slurry from unlined ponds alongside rivers in Alabama. “Exposure to ...

Alabama’s plan to take over a federal coal ash regulation program will likely be denied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA said the state-level program does not do enough to ...

Environmental organizations have applauded the denial, arguing that Alabama’s plans were not protective of citizens or the environment. In a statement issued after the EPA announced its decision ...

“We are hopeful that the EPA’s investigation will result in positive change for any Alabama resident currently relying on a failing onsite sanitation system and for all U.S. communities for ...