Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide.
On top of that, she said the bill incentivizes utilities to find beneficial reuse opportunities for their coal waste. For example, the ash can be used in the manufacturing of concrete, reducing the ...
On one hand, with the retirement of coal-fired power plants the supply of fly ash has decreased. Fly ash is one of the most popular supplemental cementitious materials (SCM) in the industry, so it ...
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 Chapel Hill Town Council approved a brownfields agreement limiting how the town’s old police HQ property can be ...
Environmentalists: Water draining from beneath a lined landfill containing coal ash is nevertheless contaminated and threatens the Des Moines River ...
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