Feds Seek Informants on Duke's Spreading Coal Ash Threats

A coal ash spill on the Dan River in North Carolina in 2014.

Duke Energy, responsible for a massive coal ash spill in North Carolina last year, is finally opening up about pollution and structural problems at its other ash ponds nationwide, but the truth may need some more coaxing.

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EPA Updates 30-Year-Old Water Quality Standards

Power plants are the largest source of toxic water pollution in the U.S., but the EPA has issued new regulations that will require power plants to use affordable, state-of-the-art technologies to reduce their pollution.

After 30-plus years of inaction, the EPA recently issued requirements that power plants use affordable, state-of-the-art technologies to reduce their pollution—or eliminate it where feasible.

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A Moral Call for Climate Action

Pope Francis greeting the crowds in St Peter's Square.

Today, Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen spoke at a rally in Washington, D.C., to encourage and support Pope Francis’ moral call to action on climate change.

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Too Wild to Drill

Blackfeet Nation tribal member Jack Gladstone near tribal lands in the Badger-Two Medicine on a smoky summer evening in August 2015.

A federal advisory panel has urged the Obama administration to cancel or withdraw leases for natural gas drilling near Glacier National Park in Montana after finding that the wild and scenic area is too sacred for drilling.

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