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.

Charles McPhedran, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “Cumulative impacts reflect the full range of actual risk from a polluting source. That’s how we understand the risk the people are actually exposed to.”

Sasan Saadat, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Clean Energy Program: “What’s missing from that message is an honest assessment of how scant the supply of sustainable RNG is and how risky the potential is that RNG could actually increase climate impacts.”

Maryland has proposed history-making legislation that could make the state a leader in climate action

Earthjustice analyzed industry data to explain, state by state, how and where coal ash is disposed and which dump sites are not yet monitored or regulated.

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

Public comment can push the agency to make sure no community remains unprotected from this toxic waste menace.

Revisions to the rule address hundreds of legacy dumpsites previously excluded from safeguards

The EPA has announced new carbon pollution standards for power plants. Here’s what’s at stake.

We’re celebrating big clean energy victories in California, Maryland, Colorado, and New York.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. The quasi-public utility, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), has a total of 56 coal ash dumpsites in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

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

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. There are 88 coal ash dumpsites within two miles of one of the Great Lakes.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Wyoming has 26 coal ash dumpsites.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. West Virginia has 49 coal ash dumpsites.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Wisconsin has 54 coal ash dumpsites.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Virginia has 36 coal ash dumpsites.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Utah has 14 coal ash dumpsites