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Learn about key nominees in the Trump administration’s second term, and the powers they will have.

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

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

El presidente Biden es el octavo mandatario en invocar la autoridad del poder ejecutivo para salvaguardar comunidades costeras y ecosistemas marinos de nuestro país

The president used a federal law to ban future oil and gas drilling in parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, Alaska, and the Gulf of Mexico.

President Biden is the eighth President to invoke Executive Branch authority to safeguard U.S. coastal communities and marine ecosystems

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.

Statements in celebration of President Biden’s historic action on January 6, 2025, to protect our ocean and coasts from offshore drilling.

U.S. Court of Appeals affirms that EPA regulations prohibit closing coal ash dumps with ash sitting in groundwater

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.