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Scientists have found that coal ash has up to 10 times more naturally occurring radioactive materials than the parent coal it comes from.
September 3, 2015

Coal Ash’s Unhealthy Glow

By Lisa Evans  /  Clean Energy Program

A new study reveals dangerous radioactivity in coal ash, the toxic waste generated by burning coal for electricity.

A Duke Energy coal fired power plant
July 21, 2015

Politics as Dirty as Coal Ash: House Bill Lets Polluters Off the Hook

By Lisa Evans  /  Clean Energy Program

The House of Representatives is voting on HR 1734, Rep. David McKinley’s (R- WV) sixth attempt at a coal ash bill that protects his largest campaign contributors while weakening critical health protections.

These are the 1985 and 1978 coal ash ponds next to the retired Cape Fear coal plant near Moncure, NC.
April 27, 2015

Trick or Tweak? What Congress Is Really Doing to New Rules on Coal Ash

By Lisa Evans  /  Clean Energy Program

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved a 50-page bill that will gut the nation's first-ever federal standard for coal ash disposal.

North Carolina Coal Ash Plant and Pond
March 24, 2015

Big Coal Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

By Lisa Evans  /  Northeast Office

The House Majority continues the dirty business of protecting polluters like the coal ash industry.

The devastating coal ash spill at Kingston, TN in December 2008.
December 8, 2014

Five More Things You Need to Know About Coal Ash

By Lisa Evans  /  Northeast Office

Five things that the 60 Minutes investigation on coal ash didn't tell you.

A bluff collapse near the Oak Creek Power Plant in Wisconsin that sent coal ash and debris into Lake Michigan.
November 18, 2014

New Report: Coal Ash Reuse Threatens Drinking Water Supplies

By Lisa Evans  /  Northeast Office

The use of coal ash as construction fill has contaminated water resources across the nation.

October 28, 2014

Will the EPA Coal Ash Rule Survive?

By Lisa Evans  /  Northeast Office

The White House has made it official: its review of the Environmental Protection Agency'scoal ash rule has begun.

Buck Steam Station in North Carolina.
October 9, 2014

Tr-Ash Talk: Duke Spends $10 Million to Clean Up Image, Not Coal Ash

By Lisa Evans  /  Northeast Office

Greenwash fund is just another spin cycle for Duke

A coal ash spill in Tennessee in 2008 destroyed or damaged two dozen nearby homes
September 29, 2014

More Coal Ash Disasters in Waiting

By Lisa Evans  /  Northeast Office

EPA finds eight more dangerous coal ash ponds in poor condition

The devastating coal ash spill at Kingston, TN in 2008.
September 12, 2014

Industry's Coal Ash Claims are Bogus

By Lisa Evans  /  Northeast Office

Polluter arguments against coal ash regulations are disproved by their own data