MOBILE — The Environmental Protection Agency has formally denied Alabama’s plan to allow Alabama Power and other utilities to continue storing toxic coal ash in unlined pits at sites across the state.

Alabama’s plan to take over a federal coal ash regulation program will likely be denied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA said the state-level program does not do enough to protect ...

New data on coal ash ponds in the U.S. has shed light on the extent of contamination at one of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s power plants in north Alabama. Widows Creek Fossil Plant, in the ...

Below is the podcast player followed by the newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox each day here. EPA to Alabama: Don’t just cover your ash For many years, power plants in Alabama disposed of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GADSDEN — Cruising upstream on the Coosa River through downtown Gadsden, it would be easy to miss the old coal ash pond sitting on ...

BROOKWOOD, Ala.—The Trump administration has announced it will aim to fast-track the permitting and environmental review of a major coal mine expansion in central Alabama as part of a larger effort to ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday rejected Alabama’s proposal to take over coal ash regulation, saying the state plan does not do enough to protect people ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. An Alabama mining company is taking final steps toward a major buildout of its ...

BUCKS, Ala.—Alabama’s largest electric utility reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resolving two of three alleged violations stemming from one of its largest coal ash ...