Community advocates urge Illinois EPA to swiftly enforce rules

Applied Energy Services continúa contaminando el aire, el suelo y el agua en Puerto Rico con cenizas de carbón tóxicas.

By law, before government regulations are adopted or changed, agencies must ask the public — you — to weigh in.

More than 150 public interest groups urge the EPA to ban the widespread use of toxic coal ash as structural fill

Gavin Kearney, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “The whole overarching point (of the federal rules) is that groundwater contamination is a big problem; it’s really unsafe, and we have to prevent it. You can’t let water in (to a coal ash impoundment); you can’t let water out; you can’t let water just sit inside…

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.

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

Massive unauthorized coal ash ‘mountain,’ growing for years; PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) granted cryptomining polluter Scrubgrass a 4-year leash: toxic coal ash waste allowed to persist

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. Pennsylvania is one of the nation’s top coal ash-generating states, with more than 67 coal ash dumpsites.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Illinois has 76 coal ash dumpsites

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. North Carolina has 47 coal ash dumpsites.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Indiana has 100 coal ash dumpsites, the largest number of coal ash dumps in any state.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Maryland has 21 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. The quasi-public utility, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), has a total of 56 coal ash dumpsites in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Ohio has more than 69 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.