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Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at eight power plant sites in North Dakota.

Residents should demand that the sludge-lords comply with federal law and clean up their mess

Across the U.S., coal ash dump sites leak dangerous levels of toxic pollutants, contaminating water and threatening health

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 19 coal-burning power plant sites in Texas.

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at ten power plant sites in Maryland. All but one of these sites include older ash dumps that industry is only now beginning to quantify and monitor.

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at five power plant sites in Arizona.

Significant quantities of coal ash are stored at three power plant sites in Massachusetts. All of these sites include older coal ash dumps that industry is only now beginning to quantify and monitor.

Use this map to understand where coal ash might be stored near you.

Breathing or ingesting the toxic chemicals in coal ash can harm every major organ in the human body over time. Short-term exposure to the chemicals in coal ash can lead to dizziness, nausea, vomiting, irritation of the nose and throat, and shortness of breath. Long-term exposure can lead to organ damage and a variety of cancers.

Decisions pending on other state requests

The use of toxic coal ash as a substitute for clean soil in construction and landscaping remains largely unregulated despite the risks.

By law, before government regulations are adopted or changed, agencies must ask the public — you — to weigh in.

Coal ash is what is left behind when power plants burn coal for energy, It is a toxic mix of carcinogens, neurotoxins, and other hazardous pollutants.

The EPA’s Legacy CCR Surface Impoundment Rule extends safeguards to hundreds of coal ash dump sites that had been left unregulated

Unpermitted massive coal ash pile growing for years near the Allegheny River will now be removed by next year, preventing contamination

A major victory for communities living near coal ash plants, the rule closes a loophole that left over half of coal ash exempt from federal clean-up requirements.

Applied Energy Services continues to contaminate the air, soil, and water in Puerto Rico with toxic coal ash.

U.S. Court of Appeals affirms that EPA regulations prohibit closing coal ash dumps with ash sitting in groundwater