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Multiple federal agencies revoked longstanding regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 19 coal-burning power plant sites in Texas.

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at ten power plant sites in Maryland. All but one of these sites include older ash dumps that industry is only now beginning to quantify and monitor.

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

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at five power plant sites in Arizona.

Significant quantities of coal ash are stored at three power plant sites in Massachusetts. All of these sites include older coal ash dumps that industry is only now beginning to quantify and monitor.

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

Decisions pending on other state requests

Leasing more of our public lands to coal companies and padding their bottom lines will do nothing to promote energy security or reduce costs for everyday Americans.

The use of toxic coal ash as a substitute for clean soil in construction and landscaping remains largely unregulated despite the risks.

An EO is just a statement about the president’s policy preferences — but we’re watching for real actions.

Unpermitted massive coal ash pile growing for years near the Allegheny River will now be removed by next year, preventing contamination

The EPA’s Legacy CCR Surface Impoundment Rule extends safeguards to hundreds of coal ash dump sites that had been left unregulated

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

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.

When the Trump administration breaks the law, Earthjustice will take them to court. We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

A major victory for communities living near coal ash plants, the rule closes a loophole that left over half of coal ash exempt from federal clean-up requirements.

What to expect at EPA’s virtual and in-person hearings on the Legacy CCR Surface Impoundment Rule