The move is the latest Trump a...

Jan 13, 2020 by

EPA to ease rules on power plants storing deadly coal ash

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E.P.A. Weakens Rules Governing...

Nov 4, 2019 by

The Trump administration on Monday moved to weaken an Obama-era regulation aimed at limiting the seepage of toxic pollution into water supplies from the ash of coal burning power plants, a change that coal industry leaders say could keep plants open longer and which environmental groups fear will increase the risk of water contamination.

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Up from the ashes

Sep 25, 2019 by

Could a solar-powered uprising reshape Puerto Rico?

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EPA proposal scraps limits on ...

Jul 31, 2019 by

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed scrapping restrictions on arsenic-laden waste from coal-fired power plants.

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Pruitt Grants Oklahoma Lenienc...

Jun 25, 2018 by

[Translate] Politics Olivia Rosane  ECPWatch.com Jun. 19, 2018 07:31AM EST The collapsed coal ash impoundment and closed power plant...

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Every coal waste dump site is ...

Jul 21, 2017 by

Every coal waste dump site is a disaster waiting to happen

[Translate] The site of the Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill three years after the disaster.    Appalachian Voices climate desk...

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ENERGY COMPANY WANTS TO LEGALL...

Jan 12, 2016 by

ENERGY COMPANY WANTS TO LEGALLY DUMP COAL ASH WASTE INTO VIRGINIA RIVERS

[Translate] Climate by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Alejandro Davila Fragoso The Possum Point Power Station will...

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“BREAKING: Duke Energy P...

May 15, 2015 by

“BREAKING: Duke Energy Pleads Guilty To Nine Environmental Crimes, Agrees To Pay $102 Million”

[Translate]   Coal ash swirls on the surface of the Dan River.    CREDIT: AP Photo/Gerry Broome CLIMATE PROGRESS   Duke...

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FEDS CHARGE DUKE ENERGY WITH V...

Feb 22, 2015 by

FEDS CHARGE DUKE ENERGY WITH VIOLATIONS OF CLEAN WATER ACT FOR COAL ASH POLLUTION

[Translate]  |  By By MICHAEL BIESECKER and MITCH WEISS RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors filed multiple criminal charges...

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