Coal Ash

January 16, 2019 | Press Release

Records Show 100 Percent of Texas Coal Power Plants Contaminating Groundwater

Utility data made public for the first time in 2018 document pollution of groundwater with toxic chemicals at all 16 Texas power plants where records are available

January 16, 2019 | Report

Texas Coal Ash Groundwater Monitoring Report

New data reveal pollution leaking from 100 percent of coal power plants with available records

December 19, 2018 | Press Release

Utilities Admit Coal Plants in 22 States are Violating Federal and State Pollution Standards by Leaking Toxic Chemicals into Groundwater

Conservation groups seek a court order to stop new Trump rule from delaying closure of leaking toxic coal ash dumps

December 19, 2018 | Reference

67 Plants Where Coal-Ash Contaminated Groundwater Exceeds Allowable State and/or Federal Limits

67 plants in 22 states whose owners have posted notifications that the groundwater exceeds state and/or federal limits of contamination for one or more of the following toxic substances: Arsenic, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Cobalt, Lead, Lithium, Molybdenum, Selenium, Thallium, and Radium 226 and 228 combined.

December 14, 2018 | Feature

Secrets in the Ash

New tests reveal that coal ash is contaminating groundwater across America. Now, regulators want to weaken monitoring and cleanup requirements.

December 13, 2018 | Feature

Georgia at a Crossroads: A Report on Coal Ash

An in-depth report on how Georgia’s coal-fired power plants, after decades of unsafe disposal of coal ash, have severely polluted the underlying groundwater — and what we can do to protect our water.

December 13, 2018 | Report

Georgia at a Crossroads: Groundwater contamination from coal ash threatens the Peach State

Georgia’s coal-fired power plants, after decades of unsafe disposal of coal ash, have severely polluted the underlying groundwater. For the first time in 2018, utilities were forced to publicly report groundwater monitoring data on their websites because of new transparency requirements imposed by 2015 federal coal ash regulations. The Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice examined that data and determined that 92 percent (11 of 12) of Georgia’s coal-fired power plants have contaminated groundwater with one or more toxic pollutants.

November 27, 2018 | Press Release

New Report Reveals Severe Groundwater Contamination at Illinois Coal Ash Dumps

22 of 24 of Illinois’ reporting coal ash dumpsites have unsafe levels of toxic pollutants in the groundwater

October 22, 2018 | Feature

Insider Briefing: Meet Abigail Dillen

New President Abigail Dillen discusses her vision for Earthjustice’s future as the organization battles the assault on environmental safeguards and pushes for a rapid shift to 100% clean energy.

October 22, 2018 | Legal Document

CCR Rule Phase One, Part One Petition For Review

Pursuant to Section 7006(a)(1) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6976(a)(1), Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 15, and D.C. Circuit Rule 15, Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., Clean Water Action, Prairie Rivers Network, Hoosier Environmental Council, HEAL Utah, and Sierra Club file this petition for review of the final action of Respondents United States Environmental Protection Agency and Andrew Wheeler, Acting Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, entitled Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; Amendments to the National Minimum Criteria (Phase One, Part One) 2 and issued on July 30, 2018. See 83 Fed. Reg. 36,435 (July 30, 2018).

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