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Sunset on the Apalachicola River in Florida
(Marilynn Taylor / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Article: Victory July 1, 2015

Protecting Florida’s Apalachicola River from Coal Ash Pollution

Piles of coal ash in unlined pits threaten one of the south’s premier rivers. Under our legal settlement, Gulf Power Corp. pledges to take steps to protect the Apalachicola River from coal ash pollution.

document June 25, 2015

Gulf Power Settlement Agreement for Apalachicola Coal Ash Ponds

Gulf Power and conservation groups agree on plan to contain coal ash pollution along Apalachicola River

The Apalachicola River shimmers with the vibrant colors of the sunset.
(Diane Delaney / U.S. Department of Transportation)
Press Release: Victory June 25, 2015

Gulf Power and Conservation Groups Agree on Plan to Contain Coal Ash Pollution along Apalachicola River

Company will take measures to move toxic threat away from Apalachicola River

Utility company Gulf Power dumps toxic coal ash waste into unlined pits along Florida's Apalachicola River (pictured here).
(Photo by Chris M Morris (Flickr))
Article December 15, 2014

Coal Plant Exploits Private Information Ruling to Hide Toxic Ash

A coal plant is exploiting a court ruling concerning private information in order to hide its toxic ash from the public eye.

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.

The Apalachicola River shimmers with the vibrant colors of the sunset.
(Diane Delaney / U.S. Department of Transportation)
case June 5, 2014

Ending Dangerous Coal Ash Pollution into Florida's Apalachicola River

On behalf of three conservation groups, Earthjustice has filed a federal lawsuit to stop toxic water pollution that is leaking into the Apalachicola River from an aging 40-acre coal ash dump at Gulf Power Company’s Scholz Generating Plant near Sneads, Florida. The groups say Gulf Power is illegally discharging dangerous pollutants—including arsenic and lead—into the…

document June 5, 2014

Scholz Plant Complaint

Fall colors along the Apalachicola River. The groups say Gulf Power is illegally discharging dangerous pollutants into the river, threatening people and the environment in the most ecologically-diverse area of the southern U.S.
(Stewart Tomlinson / U.S. Geological Survey)
Press Release June 5, 2014

Conservationists Sue To Stop Toxic Coal Ash Pollution Leaking Into Apalachicola River

Gulf Power’s coal plant leaking a toxic brew into public waters