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Smog air pollution by county. <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/soot-smog-air-map-united-states-county">See full map.</a> (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

What’s the state of smog pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.

Map of soot air pollution by county in 2024. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

What’s the state of soot pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

The Gerald Gentleman Power Station is located south of Southerland, Neb. (Ryan McGinnis / Getty Images)
feature September 4, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Nebraska: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at seven power plant sites in Nebraska.

Press Release January 14, 2026

Over 30 Organizations Urge USDA to Limit Federal Support for Manure Digesters

Hundreds of millions of dollars intended to cut energy costs have been funneled to costly manure digesters, benefitting industrial-scale livestock operations

Gerald Gentleman causes visible air pollution at iconic places such as Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
(Von Fumetti / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release January 19, 2017

EPA Proposes Long-Overdue Rule To Clean Up the Largest Air Polluter in Nebraska

National parks, wilderness areas, and public health to benefit from lower emissions from Gerald Gentleman coal plant

The now-closed Waukegan Generating Station, on the shore of Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Ill. The coal-fired power plant still has sizable coal ash ponds threatening the environment. (Jamie Kelter Davis for Earthjustice)
feature October 20, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Illinois: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at 26 power plant sites in Illinois.

Cape Fear Riverkeeper Kemp Burdette and Earthjustice attorney Alexis Andiman collect water samples in the Cape Fear River near the Smithfield slaughterhouse in Tar Heel, North Carolina, October 2023. We’ve successfully pushed the EPA to propose rules that, if implemented, would prevent nearly 100 million pounds of slaughterhouse pollution from reaching U.S. waters each year. (Justin Cook for Earthjustice)
feature October 15, 2025

Farming For Our Future

Through litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, and communications, Earthjustice’s Sustainable Food and Farming team advances the transition to a cleaner, safer, and more climate-friendly food system.

The Naughton Power Plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in 2010. (Nancy Nehring / Getty Images)
feature October 1, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Wyoming: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at six power plant sites in Wyoming.

feature September 4, 2025

Coal Ash in the United States: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

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.

Volunteers collect water samples, as miles of the Dan River in North Carolina were contaminated with toxic coal ash after the collapse of a coal ash impoundment at Duke Energy's Dan River Steam Station in 2014. (Appalachian Voices)
feature September 4, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in North Carolina: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 17 power plant sites in North Carolina.

Former coal ash ponds at Grainger Generating Station, Conway, S.C. Coal ash contaminated the groundwater in the area with heavy metals and toxins. (Anthony Brown / Permission from Southern Environmental Law Center)
feature September 4, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in South Carolina: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 12 coal-fired power plant sites in South Carolina.

The Evergy-owned La Cygne Generating Station in Kansas. (Michael Siluk / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
feature September 4, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Kansas: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at eight coal-fired power plant sites in Kansas.

The Colstrip coal-fired power plant in Montana in 2004. (Larry Mayer / Getty Images)
feature September 3, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Montana: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at three power plant sites in Montana.

The Coal Creek coal-fired power plant near Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, in 2012. (John Elk / Getty Images)
feature September 3, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in North Dakota: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at eight power plant sites in North Dakota.

The Four Corners coal-fired power plant near Shiprock, New Mexico, in 2017. (Buddy Mays / Getty Images)
feature September 3, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in New Mexico: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at three power plant sites in New Mexico.

The former Greenidge Generating Station, along Seneca Lake in Dresden, NY, in 2022. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
feature September 3, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in New York: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 12 power plant sites in New York.

The Ford Rouge River Plant in Dearborn, Mich., in 2009. (Aaron Lee Fineman / VWPics via Redux)
feature September 2, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Michigan: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 18 coal-fired power plant sites in Michigan.

The Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio, looms over neighboring homes in 2002. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images)
feature September 2, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Ohio: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 28 current and former power plant sites in Ohio, more locations than any other state.