A storage site for the ash residue generated by a coal-burning Charles County power plant has drawn opposition from residents who describe it as a toxic dump that could be polluting wetlands. The ...

While the industry sees profitable opportunities for fly ash in industrial applications, they find it uneconomical for use in abandoned mining fill sites. The Union Government recently issued a draft ...

GLEN LYN — The old Appalachian Power Co. plant here sits above the New River — and above coal ash storage ponds, the type of facility that earlier this year fouled miles of the Dan River. About 10 ...

After years of work by environmental activists to push action on the issue, the Illinois Pollution Control Board has issued findings and recommendations related to the regulation of coal ash storage — ...

The Duke facility’s ash was a slurry closer to the Glen Lyn plant’s bottom ash pond, rather than the dry fly ash storage area that is being closed. Perhaps more importantly, the Duke facility had an ...