Library Search More Search Options Looking for more? Visit Career Opportunities to join our team at Earthjustice Visit Action Alerts for ways to get involved and take action Visit Our Team to meet Earthjustice's senior leadership and program staff Press Release December 11, 2024 Statement on the Supreme Court Denial of a Stay of EPA’s Legacy Coal Ash Rule The EPA’s Legacy CCR Surface Impoundment Rule extends safeguards to hundreds of coal ash dump sites that had been left unregulated Press Release: Victory June 28, 2024 Federal Court Blocks Attempt by Coal Power Plants to Evade Cleaning Up Coal Ash Contaminating Water U.S. Court of Appeals affirms that EPA regulations prohibit closing coal ash dumps with ash sitting in groundwater Press Release: Victory April 25, 2024 Earthjustice aplaude a la EPA por históricas salvaguardias contra la contaminación de plantas energéticas Los estándares abordarán las principales fuentes de contaminación climática y protegerán la salud pública Press Release: Victory April 25, 2024 Earthjustice Applauds EPA for Historic Suite of Safeguards from Power Plant Pollution Standards will tackle major sources of climate pollution and protect public health Press Release March 14, 2024 Appellate Court Affirms Illinois’ Strong Coal Ash Protections, Rejecting Coal Company Attacks Community advocates urge Illinois EPA to swiftly enforce rules Press Release January 9, 2024 Environmental Organizations Urge More Study and Stronger Regulations on Remining to Protect Communities and the Environment A new report recommends guardrails before remining can be a safe and sustainable source for clean energy. Press Release December 21, 2023 PA Enviro Groups File Appeal for Urgent Removal of Hazardous Coal Ash ‘Mountain’ at Scrubgrass Crypto Facility 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 Press Release December 11, 2023 EPA: Radiation from Coal Ash Poses Cancer Risk More than 150 public interest groups urge the EPA to ban the widespread use of toxic coal ash as structural fill Press Release: Victory June 8, 2023 Court Approves Plan to Clean Up Coal Ash at the Retired Vermilion Plant in Illinois Consent order requires Dynegy Midwest Generation to move coal ash to a new on-site landfill to protect the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River Press Release: Victory May 17, 2023 EPA Publishes Draft Rule to Expand Regulation of Toxic Coal Ash Revisions to the rule address hundreds of legacy dumpsites previously excluded from safeguards Press Release: Victory March 8, 2023 EPA Proposes Improved Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants A legal victory decades in the making, the EPA will require modern wastewater treatment at all remaining coal-fired plants Press Release February 3, 2023 EPA Will Consider Closing Massive Loophole Exempting Much of Toxic Coal Ash from Health Protections Half of coal ash is unregulated Press Release: Victory January 25, 2023 EPA Moves to Reject Six Coal Plants’ Applications to Keep Toxic Coal Ash Dumps Open EPA found that the six plants failed to prove that their coal ash ponds were not leaking and not contaminating groundwater Press Release November 3, 2022 New Report: Most Power Plants Violating Federal Rules Mandating Cleanup of Toxic Coal Ash Dumps Seven years after EPA Coal Ash Rule, 96% of coal plants are not planning any treatment of contaminated groundwater Press Release August 25, 2022 EPA Faces Lawsuit for Exempting Half a Billion Tons of Toxic Coal Ash from Health Protections Environmental & civil rights groups say hundreds of landfills in 38 states risk sources of drinking water & air Press Release January 31, 2022 Earthjustice Responds to AES-Puerto Rico Seeking Taxpayer Bailout AES-PR has been working to transfer the ownership and expense of its coal plant to Puerto Rico's public utility PREPA. Press Release January 18, 2022 U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Arguments on the Legality of Oklahoma’s Coal Ash Program Concerned Oklahomans are challenging the EPA’s approval of the state’s coal ash program. Press Release January 11, 2022 Biden Administration Announces Crackdown on Coal Power Plants’ Contamination of Water This marks the first federal enforcement action against the coal industry’s illegal pollution of groundwater from coal ash.
