Advocates fear the EPA will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide. On ...

Coal companies want a relaxation of coal ash standards, and wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency to request ...

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have released estimates that U.S. coal ash contains 11 million tons of ...

the fossil fuel is still responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions and environment-polluting coal ash. So "clean coal" is a bit of a misnomer, sometimes referring to types of technology ...

This analysis comes at a time when energy companies across the country are trying to roll back coal ash regulation and harmful health impacts from coal ash waste are being discovered.

One regulates how utilities manage coal combustion waste, known as coal ash. The Legacy Impoundment Rule sets standards for inactive coal ash pits, where utilities disposed of coal ash.