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An EPA contractor collects a water sample from the site of a coal ash spill on the Dan River in North Carolina. (Gerry Broome / AP)
From the Experts April 28, 2021

Making the Law More Than Words on a Page

Environmental enforcement is environmental protection.
Google Earth satellite images show coal ash wastewater moving from the Mill Creek Generating Station into the Ohio River. (MAP DATA (C) 2010 GOOGLE)
Article December 16, 2016

Settlement Approved to Stop Ohio River Pollution Caught on Camera

The Louisville Gas and Electric company will have to stop allowing toxic waste from its Mill Creek coal plant to flow into the Ohio River.
document September 27, 2016

Motion For Consent Decree (Mill Creek)

Plaintiff Sierra Club and Defendant Louisville Gas and Electric Company move to lodge the attached Consent Decree and Appendix with the Court for later entry in accordance with the following…
document September 27, 2016

Proposed Consent Decree (Mill Creek)

If approved by the Court, this settlement will resolve the active lawsuit between the two organizations over discharged water at LG&E’s Mill Creek Generating Station under a permit issued by…
document September 27, 2016

Consent Decree: Appendix A (Mill Creek)

Gives more details on how the money will be spent
Google Earth satellite images of coal ash wastewater pollution from the Mill Creek Generating Station into the Ohio River. (Map data (c) 2010 Google)
Press Release September 23, 2016

Agreement Reached Over Water Discharge Dispute at LG&E’s Mill Creek Power Plant

Sierra Club, LG&E reach an agreement that includes $1 million investment into watershed restoration in Kentucky
Google Earth satellite images of coal ash wastewater pollution from the Mill Creek Generating Station into the Ohio River. (Map data (c) 2010 Google)
Press Release September 1, 2015

Court Orders LG&E Coal Ash Dumping Case to Move Forward

Ruling rejects LG&E arguments that case must be dismissed and orders further proceedings on whether dumping of toxic coal ash violates the federal Clean Water Act
The devastating coal ash spill at Kingston, TN in December 2008. One billion gallons of toxic coal ash spilled from the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant, covering 300 acres, destroying homes, poisoning rivers and contaminating coves and residential drinking waters. (Photo courtesy of United Mountain Defense)
Article December 8, 2014

Five More Things You Need to Know About Coal Ash

Five things that the 60 Minutes investigation on coal ash didn't tell you.
Google Earth satellite images of coal ash wastewater pollution from the Mill Creek Generating Station into the Ohio River. (Map data (c) 2010 Google)
Article June 10, 2014

Florida, Kentucky Rivers Poisoned by Coal Ash

Earthjustice is suing to stop toxic coal ash discharges into rivers in Kentucky and Florida.
Google Earth satellite images of coal ash wastewater pollution from the Mill Creek Generating Station into the Ohio River. (Map data (c) 2010 Google)
Press Release May 28, 2014

LG&E Faces Lawsuit After Hidden Camera Reveals Coal Ash Dumping

Earthjustice and Sierra Club move forward with legal action after utility fails to halt continuous outflow of coal ash wastewater into Ohio River
Google Earth satellite images of coal ash wastewater pollution from the Mill Creek Generating Station into the Ohio River. (Map data (c) 2010 Google)
case May 14, 2014

Ending Dangerous Coal Ash Pollution into the Ohio River

document March 17, 2014

Mill Creek: Notice of Intent to Sue

Google Earth satellite images of coal ash wastewater pollution from the Mill Creek Generating Station into the Ohio River. (Map data (c) 2010 Google)
Press Release March 17, 2014

Hidden Camera Operation Exposes Kentucky Utility LG&E for Dumping Dangerous Coal Ash Pollution into Ohio River

Sierra Club and Earthjustice plan to take legal action after time-capture photography reveals continuous outflow of coal ash wastewater into the Ohio River