The EPA wants to give Duke Energy and others more time to cut emissions that pollute ground and surface waters with heavy ...

Across coal country, the same toxic sludge and rust-colored water that once symbolized the end of an industry is starting to ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday eased rules for handling toxic coal ash from more than 400 U.S. coal-fired power plants after utilities pushed back against regulations adopted under former ...

The plants need flexibility to meet rising electricity demand, the EPA says. Environmental groups argue that undermines Clean ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Environmental groups said Tuesday they're going to court to try stopping what they called a sweetheart deal between Gov. Pat McCrory's environmental regulators and his former ...

In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in a pile so big it could fill the Dallas Cowboys' football stadium twice over — threaten ...

In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in a pile so big it could fill the Dallas Cowboys’ football stadium twice over — threaten ...

EPA plans to ease regulatory pressure on coal ash dumps in a bid to keep coal-fired power viable for fueling the data center boom. The Trump administration’s sweeping effort to ease regulations on the ...

The northwest Indiana utility NIPSCO is working to repair a seawall on the site of its Michigan City coal plant. Activists worry the wall could fail, sending coal ash into Trail Creek and Lake ...

Water quality has been a major news headline in 2025, and much attention was paid to the cause of nitrates in central Iowa water. However, a little farther south, equally concerning water quality ...

Our nation’s coal-fired power plants produce 140 million tons of coal ash every year, making it the second-largest industrial waste stream in the country. Across the country, billions of tons of coal ...