Coal Fired Plant

Lawsuit accuses Virginia power company of poisoning Dominican community with toxic coal ash 0
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago A civil lawsuit in state court in Delaware charges AES Corp. -- one of the world's largest power companies -- with illegally dumping 160 million pounds of toxic coal ash waste onto beaches in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic, leading to serious health problems for nearby residents.
tallying toxic threats

Congressional watchdog issues update on coal ash regulation efforts 0
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still does not know the exact number of coal ash dumps at the nation's power plants, but it's moving ahead with plans to regulate them.
8 arrested at deadly Fisk Coal-Fired Plant

How green is Chicago? 0
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago On the same streets in the Windy City, where a young liberal Democratic activist named Francis Peabody peddled "smoke-free clean coal" in the 1890s, an estimated 400 Chicago residents marched to the infamous Fisk Generating Station coal-fired plant for the Chicago 350 Climate Action.
EPA revamping rules for toxic releases from coal plants 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Tuesday that it plans to revise the existing standards for wastewater discharges from coal-fired power plants. The news came one day after three environmental groups announced they intend to sue the agency for failing to properly regulate such discharges.
A Burning Concern

North Carolina governor calls for better regulation of coal ash dumps 0
Posted 4 months ago
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue (D) has endorsed legislation that would increase oversight of the state's coal ash dumps, the massive surface impoundments that power companies use to store the toxic waste left over after burning coal.
Audit finds Tennessee Valley Authority misled on ash spill disaster 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
The Tennessee Valley Authority's Inspector General released a critical audit this week on the federal company's response to last December's massive ash spill disaster at its Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee's Roane County. The incident involved a failure in a coal ash containment pond that released more than a billion gallons of toxic waste into a nearby community and river.
Counter coalture

Taking coal back to the garden 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
In one of the more creative protests against dirty coal this year, a "Counter Coalture" movement has emerged in southeastern Ohio to take coal back to its place in the garden, and raise awareness about the social impacts of coal mining, washing, burning and disposing on the people who live near active mines and facilities.
Black Tide

Must-read new story on the Tennessee coal ash disaster and the myth of “clean coal” 4
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
A blockbuster story in the new GQ takes a comprehensive look at the Tenn. coal ash disaster of last December and the mockery it makes of "clean coal." An early contender for Year's Best Journalism.
Green Theatre: Taking Off Broadway Off Coal

An interview with playwright and director about bringing mountaintop-removal coal on stage 0
Posted 6 months ago
Sarah Moon and Stephanie Pistello answer a few questions on their cutting-edge theatre collective and "Light Comes" play.
Southern Utility Blues, part one

Carbon geography 6
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
What went on behind the scenes as the Waxman-Markey bill was hashed out? New maps of America's carbon emission patterns give a good hint at the politics behind the policy.
Hint: nothing gets built

What happens when you mandate clean coal 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Another coal plant bites the dust.
Mr. President, Won't You Be My Neighbor, Too?

Mr. King Coal’s Neighborhood Comes to Washington 0
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago