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The Mitchell Power Plant, a coal-fired power station, along the Ohio River in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
From the Experts October 10, 2025

Trump Administration Theatens Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants

Coal-fired power plants discharge toxic chemicals into sources of drinking water for more than 30 million Americans.

North Antelope Mine in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. (Ecoflight)
Press Release October 8, 2025

Senate Passes Congressional Review Act Resolution to Reopen Montana’s Powder River Basin to New Coal Leasing

Resolution will upend the public lands management system as we know it

Press Release: Victory October 3, 2025

EPA Reverses Course on Toxic Emissions from Steel Industry Coke Ovens

The agency will now uphold the 2024 air standards, which set caps on emissions from these facilities

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.

Kids take a break in a swimming pool in the shadow of the James H. Miller, Jr., coal-fired power plant in Adamsville, Ala. The Trump administration has exempted the plant from pollution limits set in the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
Press Release September 29, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Coal Industry Giveaways

Americans will foot the bill for dirty fossil fuel power

Charlene Alden stands outside her home in Lame Deer, Montana on July 2, 2025. Alden is the Environmental Protection Director for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. (Louise Johns for Earthjustice)
Article September 25, 2025

A Tribe Takes on Coal

The Northern Cheyenne have a long history of defending their land. Now, they’re showing how clean energy progress can still be made.

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature September 23, 2025

The Intermountain West: Regional Spotlight

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to defend the web of life, to protect people’s health, and to advance a just transition to clean energy. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

Earthjustice y nuestros socios trabajan para proteger la salud infantil. (Prasit Thongdee / Getty Images)
From the Experts September 16, 2025

Algunos Grupos de la Industria Química Piden Licencia para Contaminar. Pero Así Es Como Protegemos a los Niños.

En todo Estados Unidos, las señales de advertencia de peligro químico nunca parecen detenerse.

Press Release September 8, 2025

Challenge to the Latest Illegal Extension of J.H. Campbell Coal Plant

The Trump Administration forces the aging, dirty coal power plant to continue burning coal even as the electricity is not needed

document September 8, 2025

Request for Rehearing and Stay of DOE Order No. 202-25-7

Request for rehearing filed by Earthjustice with the Department of Energy on September 8, 2025 to oppose the second sham emergency order to compel the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant to keep operating past its retirement date.

The R.S. Nelson coal fired-power plant in 2004, in Westlake, La. (Jamie Gates / AP Photo / American Press)
feature September 4, 2025

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

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

The Big Stone Power Plant in Grant, South Dakota. (Imagery © 2025 Airbus / Maxar Technologies / USDA / FPAC /GEO / Map Data © 2025)
feature September 4, 2025

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

Substantial quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at three power plant sites in South Dakota.

The North Fly Ash Pond at the Hugo Power Station in Choctaw, Okla., in 2011. (EPA)
feature September 4, 2025

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

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

The Red Hills Generating Facility in Choctaw, Miss. (Imagery © 2025 Airbus / Maxar Technologies / Map Data © 2025)
feature September 4, 2025

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

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at four power plant sites in Mississippi.

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.

Coal ash ponds next to now-retired Reid Gardner coal plant near Moapa, NV, in 2011. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature September 4, 2025

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

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at four power plant sites in Nevada.

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.

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.