stores large amounts of coal ash at the site in York Haven. The ash contains a toxic stew of heavy metals and other contaminants, including cadmium, chromium, lead, arsenic and radium, stored in ...

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have released estimates that U.S. coal ash contains 11 million tons of rare earth elements. 70% of the coal ash produced from 1985 to 2021 ...

Environmentalists: Water draining from beneath a lined landfill containing coal ash is nevertheless contaminated and threatens the Des Moines River ...

The 64-page agreement approved by the council requires the town to monitor the coal ash and to “design a remedy” in the form of a structural cap before building on the site. It also prohibits ...

Coal mining and the resulting coal ash from power plants can also present environmental problems. Over the past two decades, the use of coal has fallen precipitously in the United States ...

Residual material from coal combustion at Brunner Island contains ash materials with toxic metals like arsenic and cadmium, which can act as carcinogens or neurotoxins, the Center for Biological ...

President Trump signed four executive actions on Tuesday aimed at reversing policies that transitioned the country away from coal production and aimed at boosting America's "beautiful clean coal ...

The coal ash pile at the Scrubgrass Power Plant, owned by the crypto mining company Stronghold Digital Mining. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and a crypto mining company ...

It no longer makes economic sense to maintain or build coal-fired plants. President Donald Trump's quest to conduct a resurgence of coal production and utilization in the U.S. is farfetched and ...

The nation’s top environmental agency last week also announced a review of regulations that govern the disposal of coal ash — the byproduct of burning coal in power plants. The EPA hopes to ...