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Dynegy

Combustion8

• Bottom ash is unlikely to be in coal ash ponds because it is typically disposed of immediately after combustion and sent to a landfill. (cdc.gov)
• This approach will protect public health and the environment, without damaging beneficial uses of coal combustion byproducts," he said. (truthout.org)
• Advance management and use of coal combustion products in ways that are environmentally responsible, technically sound, commercially competitive, and more supportive of a sustainable global community. (uia.org)
• A spokesperson for Duke Energy, Paige Sheehan, said the material was actually cenospheres, hollow silicone balls that are a byproduct of coal combustion that pose "no health risk" and "typically dissipate. (buzzfeednews.com)
• As a result, the rule may have left as much as half of all coal combustion waste ever produced in the United States unregulated by EPA, including most of what's buried on the OUC property, environmental groups estimate. (weaa.org)
• And the ash they contain includes the concentrated remains of the many toxic compounds associated with coal and its combustion, such as arsenic, lead, and radium. (wkms.org)
• Yes I know, "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" implies that ashes are ashes are ashes, but apparently they're not, at least in the world of coal combustion. (themanicgardener.com)
• Candidate backfill materials include pulverized coal combustion fly ash, flue gas desulfurization, and fluidized bed combustion by-products from coal-fired electric power generation plants. (cdc.gov)

Arsenic10

• Onsite coal ash ponds should mainly consist of fly ash, which is made up of heavy metals (for example, mercury , arsenic , copper , and chromium ). (cdc.gov)
• The ash contains the contaminated remains of coal, including mercury, arsenic, cadmium and other substances that can cause cancer and other illnesses. (truthout.org)
• The endless plumes of smoke billowing out of coal power plants across the country aren't the only polluting by-product of dirty coal-the process also leaves behind massive heaps of ash containing dangerously toxic pollutants including lead, arsenic, cadmium, and. (ceh.org)
• The L.V. Sutton Power Station was once powered by coal, the leftover ash of which contains mercury, arsenic, and other toxic heavy metals. (buzzfeednews.com)
• Coal ash contains toxic contaminants like mercury, cadmium and arsenic that can pollute the air and seep into groundwater, and that are associated with cancer and other illnesses. (weaa.org)
• Coal ash, the substance that remains when coal is burned to generate electricity, contains a toxic mix of mercury, cadmium, arsenic and other heavy metals. (wnewsj.com)
• Heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury, chromium, and molybdenum remain in the ash after coal is burned. (renewwisconsin.org)
• First, to look at just one of these elements, virtually all the arsenic (~85%) in both fly and bottom ash is the less toxic of two common forms. (themanicgardener.com)
• More than 500 of those are ponds and other wet storage facilities, long recognized as the worst possible way to dispose of coal ash, contain a witches' brew of toxic substances like mercury, lead and arsenic. (ecowatch.com)
• The new rules will not phase out the practice of storing massive quantities of coal ash-which contains highly toxic substances like arsenic, mercury, lead and radioactive uranium-in unlined ponds shored up by earthen dams that are often unstable and likely to fail. (desmog.com)

Ponds28

• Nationwide, there are 900 landfills (for burying dry ash) and impoundments (or ponds for storing wet coal ash). (zdnet.com)
• Georgia Power has plans to dewater and excavate a number of its power plant adjacent coal ash ponds in the state. (gpb.org)
• The bill would also affect Georgia Power coal ash ponds that have been shown to leave coal ash submerged in groundwater .The utility wants to cover nine of those with an earthen cap, known as sealing them in place. (gpb.org)
• Crews with Duke Energy remove coal ash from the old coal ponds at the L.V. Sutton Power Plant, in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Nov. 14, 2017. (buzzfeednews.com)
• Hundreds of waste ponds and landfills, many constructed without liners to prevent leaks, dot the American landscape, especially in the coal-rich Ohio Valley. (wkms.org)
• The rule required utilities to conduct extensive groundwater monitoring around coal ash waste sites and set thresholds for closure of ponds or landfills found to be leaking contaminants. (wkms.org)
• Bridget Whelan of the North Carolina Conservation Network says, "The stories we're hearing in these films and from North Carolinians living near currently leaking coal ash ponds remind us that real people are suffering real affects from coal ash pollution. (cleanenergy.org)
• WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined storage ponds and speed up plans to close leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash sites. (wnewsj.com)
• Plants in four states will have to close the coal ash ponds months or years ahead of schedule, the EPA said Tuesday, citing deficiencies with groundwater monitoring, cleanup or other problems. (wnewsj.com)
• The Obama administration regulated the storage and disposal of toxic coal ash for the first time, including a requirement to close coal-ash dumping ponds that were unstable or contaminated groundwater. (wnewsj.com)
• EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the actions announced Tuesday will ensure that coal ash ponds meet strong environmental and safety standards and that operators of industrial facilities are held accountable. (wnewsj.com)
• The EPA has sent a clear message that (power plant operators) cannot leave coal ash sitting in primitive, polluting ponds across the country," he said. (wnewsj.com)
• The development of this comprehensive website where individuals and groups can get more information on coal ash ponds near them. (southeastcoalash.org)
• Gathering data and much-needed information on coal ash ponds and water contamination that currently does not exist. (southeastcoalash.org)
• SACE is now working with partners to shine a spotlight on coal ash ponds in the Southeast by acquiring more data and information and making that data more accessible to the public. (southeastcoalash.org)
• The state is home to 12 high hazard coal ash ponds. (southeastcoalash.org)
• Groundwater contamination is an additional problem associated with coal ash ponds-in fact, when Duke and Progress Energy tested groundwater surrounding coal ash ponds for contamination, all 13 sites tested violated NC groundwater standards. (southeastcoalash.org)
• The NC Conservation Network is working to organize the NC grassroots community and coordinate campaigns that target coal ash ponds. (southeastcoalash.org)
• All four of these high hazard ash ponds are located on reservoirs that are used as a source of drinking water, with one of them located just upstream of Congaree National Park. (southeastcoalash.org)
• Catawba Riverkeeper has been active in testing the discharges from the ash ponds, educating the public about the ash ponds, advocating for tighter standards, and in some cases filing lawsuits to compel the cleanup of ash ponds. (southeastcoalash.org)
• Just upstream from Wilmington, the Progress Energy L.V. Sutton Steam Plant maintains two coal ash containment ponds on the banks of the Cape Fear River. (southeastcoalash.org)
• In 2010, part of the containment berm on the ponds failed, releasing coal ash and highlighting the dangers posed by the ponds if they are not properly controlled. (southeastcoalash.org)
• It's not just that coal ash ponds are prone to catastrophic failure: Lisa Evans, Senior Administrative Counsel for Earthjustice, also said in a statement that the new regulations "won't stop the slower moving disaster that is unfolding for communities around the country" as the unlined ponds continually leak their toxic contents into nearby rivers, lakes, streams and underground sources of drinking water. (desmog.com)
• The EPA says there are 1,070 coal ash ponds and over 400 landfills in the U.S. used as coal ash waste dumps. (desmog.com)
• Previously proposed versions of the new EPA rule would have phased out unlined coal ash storage ponds, Evans told DeSmog. (desmog.com)
• EPA 's 2010 proposed subtitle C rule would have phased out unlined coal ash ponds, period. (desmog.com)
• EPA 's proposed subtitle D rule would have also phased out unlined coal ash ponds by requiring closure or retrofit within 5 years. (desmog.com)
• The EPA 's rules set new standards for where new coal ash tanks can be sited in order to protect local groundwater supplies and set higher structural integrity standards for new and existing coal ash ponds and landfills. (desmog.com)

Landfills7

• Coal ash from power plants is held in wet form in lagoons and sent to landfills and other sites, including old mines and quarries, at about 900 places around the country, in almost every state. (truthout.org)
• Depending on the approach EPA ultimately adopts, the proposed rules would phase-out coal ash lagoons and toughen protections at landfills. (truthout.org)
• Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee utilities are removing a quarter of a billion tons of coal ash to upland, lined landfills. (actionnetwork.org)
• Right now, those features are not required for Georgia landfills that store the toxic coal ash from power plants. (gpb.org)
• They applied to existing and new coal ash sites, but exempted landfills that had already closed. (weaa.org)
• Coal ash surface impoundments and landfills must operate and close in a manner that protects public health and the environment. (weaa.org)
• Are lined and covered landfills required for coal ash storage? (ecowatch.com)

Groundwater16

• Across Alabama, there are more than 117 million tons of toxic coal ash in unlined pits next to our waterways at nine different sites with more than 50 groundwater violations. (actionnetwork.org)
• Their plans consist of "capping" the coal ash in unlined pits, often in or very near groundwater. (actionnetwork.org)
• For example, Alabama Power has already capped their Plant Gadsden coal ash pit, but the pit continues to pollute groundwater. (actionnetwork.org)
• Should the bill pass, the permitting process for that "seal in place" plan would have to include method of keeping coal ash out of groundwater in those places, too. (gpb.org)
• She worries that toxic elements in the coal ash might seep into the area's vital groundwater. (weaa.org)
• For generations, the residue from combusting coal for electricity was dumped into pits, many without adequate liners to protect nearby groundwater. (weaa.org)
• The Ohio Valley ReSource and partner station WFPL analyzed newly available data from groundwater monitoring wells near ash disposal sites in the region and found that most show signs of leaking contaminants. (wkms.org)
• What the first round of monitoring data revealed is a toxic blend of coal ash chemicals that appear to be leaching into groundwater across the country. (wkms.org)
• It's very important to note that the groundwater monitoring wells for the federal coal ash rule are immediately next to our basin or landfill, so these results do not reflect groundwater conditions farther away or off plant property where neighbors are located," said Bill Norton, a spokesman for Duke Energy. (wkms.org)
• In Kentucky and West Virginia, every power plant covered under the EPA rules had coal ash waste sites with evidence of contaminated groundwater, according to the analysis by WFPL and the Ohio Valley ReSource. (wkms.org)
• In addition to leaking toxics to groundwater and the French Broad River, the Asheville Power Station's coal ash impoundments are rated 'high hazard' by EPA," says Katie Hicks of Clean Water for North Carolina. (cleanenergy.org)
• The actions mark the first time the EPA has enforced a 2015 rule aimed at reducing groundwater pollution from coal-fired power plants that has contaminated streams, lakes and underground aquifers. (wnewsj.com)
• The H.L. Spurlock plant in Maysville, Kentucky, will be required to fix groundwater monitoring as a condition for continued operation of its coal ash pond, the EPA said. (wnewsj.com)
• Utilities in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and other states that are still storing coal ash in leaking, unlined pits sitting in groundwater and next to waterways are among those affected by the decision, Holleman said. (wnewsj.com)
• They also require monitoring of new and existing coal ash storage sites for contamination of groundwater, and would force operators to provide public information about standards at coal ash impoundments. (desmog.com)
• Illinois has over 90 aging coal ash pits with coal ash pollutants found in the groundwater near every one. (desmog.com)

Impoundments3

• Ulla Reeves of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy says, "The Dan River is a tragic reminder of the dangers associated with storing coal ash in outdated, leaking impoundments next to our rivers. (cleanenergy.org)
• Four of EPA's 44 High Hazard Coal Ash Impoundments are located on the banks of the Catawba River. (southeastcoalash.org)
• Full control to create the report of your choosing listing coal plants with ash impoundments in the Southeast. (southeastcoalash.org)

Regulate coal ash3

• One disposal strategy, which the EPA includes in its approaches to regulate coal ash , has been to recycle the stuff. (zdnet.com)
• Lisa Evans, an attorney at the environmental firm Earthjustice who's followed coal ash issues, said the health risks, EPA's own scientific findings and the law should give EPA no choice but to regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste. (truthout.org)
• The EPA has long struggled to regulate coal ash disposal sites, but spurred by the disastrous failure of a coal ash pond in Tennessee, the Obama administration's EPA approved a compromise rule in 2015. (wkms.org)

Contamination8

• When a natural disaster occurs, contamination from coal ash can affect drinking water systems. (cdc.gov)
• The TVA has been shipping the dredged ash to a municipal landfill in Uniontown, Ala., where residents have said they're worried about air- and water-borne contamination. (truthout.org)
• Earthjustice and other groups issued a report in February that listed 31 coal ash contamination sites in 14 states, in addition to the dozens EPA already had identified. (truthout.org)
• They want utilities to clean up contamination caused by ash dumping that occurred before the rule went into effect. (weaa.org)
• I've seen firsthand how coal ash contamination can hurt people and communities," said EPA Administrator Michael Regan, who oversaw the regulation of coal ash as North Carolina's top environmental regulator before coming to the EPA last year. (weaa.org)
• Environmental advocates say the data demonstrate that contamination is ubiquitous, not just in the Ohio Valley but at coal ash sites around the United States. (wkms.org)
• I've seen firsthand how coal ash contamination can hurt people and communities," said Regan, a former North Carolina environmental regulator who negotiated with Duke Energy what state officials say was the largest cleanup agreement for toxic coal ash. (wnewsj.com)
• This power industry has had half a century or more to clean up its act," Earthjustice's Evans said, "but even in the face of huge spills and a terrible record of proven water contamination around the country, it is still dumping ash in huge unlined pits. (desmog.com)

American Coal Ash Association1

• According to the American Coal Ash Association , power plants produced 136 million tons of coal ash in 2008. (zdnet.com)

Tons5

• That includes the pond storing nearly 50 million tons of coal ash at Plant Scherer near the town of Juliette, the largest coal-fired power plant in the country. (gpb.org)
• Coal ash swirls on the surface of the Dan River on Feb. 5, 2014 after tens of thousands of tons of coal ash spilled from a Duke Energy power plant into the Dan River at Eden, North Carolina, causing damage for 70 miles downstream. (weaa.org)
• This February, a storm water pipe below a massive Duke Energy coal ash impoundment failed, spilling 140,000 tons of toxic-laden coal ash and contaminated wastewater into North Carolina's Dan River. (cleanenergy.org)
• The typical coal ash dam is built from soil and ash and is used to impound millions of tons of coal ash and wastewater. (desmog.com)
• By some estimates, there are 140 million tons of coal ash produced in the U.S. every year. (desmog.com)

Dispose of coal ash1

• While there are always some problems that arise with waste disposal, the safest way to dispose of coal ash is in a dry, lined engineered landfill, with monitoring wells and a leachate collection system. (desmog.com)

Spill9

• Kingston, Tennessee had a containment pond spill about a billion gallons of liquid coal ash, which covered 300 acres of land and contaminated a river ( image above ). (zdnet.com)
• Coal ash storage and disposal goes back decades, but went largely unregulated until a 2008 spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in Kingston, Tennessee. (wnewsj.com)
• Ever since the TVA coal ash disaster in 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency has been trying to enact national protections to stop this kind of disastrous spill from happening. (renewwisconsin.org)
• This spill is yet another illustration that as long as we are still mining and burning coal, our families and communities are paying the price. (renewwisconsin.org)
• Secondly, though coal ash did spill all over a big corner of Tennessee, it was not the same sort of ash that Jacqueline put on her garden. (themanicgardener.com)
• Dan River coal ash spill in North Carolina. (ecowatch.com)
• But according to Earthjustice and the 10 environmental and public interest groups it represented in suing to force the release of the regulations in the first place, the EPA 's new rules are not nearly stringent enough to stop the next coal ash spill before it happens. (desmog.com)
• This is exactly what happened in the case of the Dan River coal ash spill in North Carolina this past February and the spill in Kingston, Tennessee in 2008 that released 1.1 billion gallons of coal fly ash slurry, covering up to 300 acres of surrounding land . (desmog.com)
• Image Credit: "View of the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill, appx. (desmog.com)

Byproduct1

• Coal ash is a toxic byproduct of coal-burning power plants. (actionnetwork.org)

Duke Energy6

• Duke Energy acknowledged that it could not rule out the possibility of toxic coal ash leaking into the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, but maintained there was no significant environmental threat. (buzzfeednews.com)
• Duke Energy reported that floodwaters had breached several points in the reservoir used to cool the plant, sending water into large coal ash dumps. (buzzfeednews.com)
• Material from the one of the basins could be seen in the Cape Fear River, although there was a dispute between Duke Energy and environmentalists over whether it was coal ash. (buzzfeednews.com)
• Duke Energy has been working to excavate the basins of stored coal ash to transport the material to a new lined landfill site. (buzzfeednews.com)
• Frank Holleman, a lawyer for the Southern Environmental Law Center who has battled Duke Energy and utilities over coal ash disposal, said the enforcement action offers significant protections for clean water nationwide. (wnewsj.com)
• Through interviews with the CEO of Duke Energy, the governor of North Carolina and environmental advocates, the piece makes it starkly clear why the status quo has failed us when it comes to protecting our drinking water from toxic coal ash. (ecowatch.com)

Clean Up Coal Ash1

• SELC is working with partners to address the coal ash issue throughout the region and presently is pursuing lawsuits to clean up coal ash lagoons on the banks of major Southeastern rivers. (southeastcoalash.org)

Pollution6

• Leaving ash in place does not stop or clean up pollution. (actionnetwork.org)
• Filmmaker Rhiannon Fionn, creator of Coal Ash Chronicles, states, "It is important to elevate conversations about pollution of all kinds in our country for the sake of our health and the health and viability of future generations. (cleanenergy.org)
• For too long, communities already disproportionately impacted by high levels of pollution have been burdened by improper coal ash disposal," Regan said. (wnewsj.com)
• Collaboratively looking for legal opportunities to hold utility companies in the Southeast accountable for their coal ash pollution. (southeastcoalash.org)
• Since the impacts of coal threaten Appalachia more than any other single source of pollution, Appalachian Voices is committed to reducing coal's impact on the region and advancing a vision for a cleaner energy future. (southeastcoalash.org)
• In the US, coal-fired power plants are being closed, however health concerns about pollution from coal ash storage facilities remains. (bvsalud.org)

Mercury1

• Currently LEED standards limit the amount of mercury in cement made with coal ash to 5.5 parts per billion. (zdnet.com)

Wastes1

• If coal power generators had to responsibly handle their wastes, coal would not be so much cheaper than solar and other renewable power sources. (zdnet.com)

Pollutants1

• The Notice of Intent to sue alleges that the pollutants in the coal ash at the bottom of Lake Michigan "pose an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health and the environment. (renewwisconsin.org)

Closed coal-fired1

• In a related action, EPA sent letters to operators of four current or closed coal-fired power plants, saying they need to make improvements to coal-ash sites to comply with EPA rules. (wnewsj.com)

Hazardous waste4

• Jim Roewer, the executive director of the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group, a lobby group for the power industry, said that coal ash should be ruled a non-hazardous waste. (truthout.org)
• He added that if EPA regulated the ash as hazardous waste and required some coal ash storage sites to close, the costs would go up, but there would be no "commensurate health or environmental benefit. (truthout.org)
• We are in danger of leaving half the ash unremediated," says Lisa Evans, a senior attorney specializing in hazardous waste law at Earthjustice, a national environmental law organization. (weaa.org)
• Because the EPA ultimately designated coal ash as household waste and not hazardous waste, however, it will be up to local governments to see the new standards are carried out. (desmog.com)

Lagoons1

• In some lagoons at power plants, the ash has been building up for decades. (truthout.org)

Regulating coal ash storage1

• Decatur Democrat Mary Margaret Oliver is one of the sponsors of Georgia House Bill 756 aimed at regulating coal ash storage. (gpb.org)

Pits1

• These coal ash pits threaten our waters, and we should not continually live with a threat created by the utilities when there is already a proven solution. (actionnetwork.org)

Hazard2

• Fly ash may pose an inhalation hazard when dry. (cdc.gov)
• The power industry, which relies heavily on coal to produce electricity, lobbied the White House intensively in recent months to block EPA from declaring coal ash a hazard. (truthout.org)

Standards for coal ash1

• The EPA has talked about setting standards for coal ash disposal on and off since the 1980s, but has never done it until now. (truthout.org)

Pond2

• The coal ash pond, foreground, of Georgia Power's Plant Scherer near Juliette in August 2019. (gpb.org)
• What spilled from the holding pond in Tennessee, however, was fly ash, which will just go whirling up the chimney into the atmosphere unless special equipment captures it. (themanicgardener.com)

Electricity3

• NC has a heavy reliance on coal for generating electricity, leading to a serious risk of public health. (southeastcoalash.org)
• The Environmental Protection Agency released long-awaited coal ash regulations today, the first rules ever to be imposed on the storage and disposal of the toxic waste left over after burning coal for electricity-the second largest industrial waste stream in the U.S. (desmog.com)
• About half of the electricity produced in the United States comes from coal-fired power plants. (sitexsolutions.com)

EPA's2

• EPA's proposed actions, however, do not address the problem of ash that was dumped and buried before the 2015 regulations went into effect, environmentalists said. (weaa.org)
• Michelle Bloodworth, president and CEO of America's Power, a trade association that represents coal-fired utilities, said the group was reviewing the EPA's announcement. (wnewsj.com)

Cleanup2

• To date, there has been little information available to the local community about where the coal ash in the lake is going, what it will take to clean it up, and when the cleanup might be completed. (renewwisconsin.org)
• Does the standard require cleanup of existing coal ash sites, or are they grandfathered in and exempt from the standard? (ecowatch.com)

Impacts3

• This coal ash sludge now coats the Dan for 70 miles downstream, and the full public health and economic impacts are still unknown. (cleanenergy.org)
• The films and post-screening program will provide an opportunity for the public to learn about the health and environmental impacts of coal ash in communities across the country, talk with community members, and get involved in efforts to hold utilities accountable for their waste. (cleanenergy.org)
• However, it's not an isolated incident and communities across our region and country are living with coal ash impacts and threats on a daily basis. (cleanenergy.org)

Compounds3

• Coal ash can contain particulates (a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air), volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds , and heavy metals. (cdc.gov)
• Some of the compounds found in coal ash can cause cancer after continued long-term ingestion and inhalation. (cdc.gov)
• Bottom ash can contain cresol and semivolatile organic compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons . (cdc.gov)

Cubic yards2

• spilling millions of cubic yards of sludgy ash. (truthout.org)
• As construction proceeded, the bluff collapsed, covering the shoreline with an estimated 25,000 cubic yards of coal ash and soil and dumping 2,500 cubic yards of coal ash and soil into the lake. (renewwisconsin.org)

Decades3

• For many decades, the coal industry has avoided paying the true costs of the mining, burning and ash disposal associated with its dirty product," said Bruce Nilles, the deputy conservation director for the Sierra Club. (truthout.org)
• The mound is what's left over from the decades of coal burned at the Stanton Energy Center, a sprawling power-generation complex nearby whose cylindrical cooling towers send curls of steam into the clouds. (weaa.org)
• SACE has been working to educate decision makers and the public of the impact of burning coal for power in the Southeast for decades and coal ash is increasingly becoming a crucial part of these efforts. (southeastcoalash.org)

Boilers2

• EAC felt that when high moisture coals are fired in boilers, a substantial amount of the heat input is used to evaporate and superheat the moisture in the fuel, thus pay a substantial price in efficiency," the official added. (indiatimes.com)
• It's crazy, but it's true-the banana peel you throw away is, once taken to the landfill, subject to better safeguards than the toxic waste that comes from the boilers of coal-fired power plants. (ecowatch.com)

Slurry1

• The majority are over 40 years old, according to Earthjustice , and most do not have monitoring systems in place for detecting leaks of the toxic coal ash slurry they contain. (desmog.com)

Nation's3

• Washington - The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the nation's first federal rules for the disposal of contaminant-laden ash from coal-fired power plants, but delayed a decision for at least three months on whether coal ash should be regulated as a hazardous substance. (truthout.org)
• Some of the nation's vast stores of coal ash is used for grading roads and for making things such as concrete and wallboard. (truthout.org)
• But nearly all utilities that burned coal, including OUC, face questions about the potential risks from years of buried coal ash, one of the nation's largest industrial waste streams. (weaa.org)

Basin2

• Rising floodwaters breached a dam holding back a large reservoir at a power plant in North Carolina on Friday, sending potentially toxic material from a nearby coal ash basin into the local river. (buzzfeednews.com)
• In this work, we map the ultimate analyses parts of the Springfield coal from an Indiana section of the Illinois basin, USA, using sequential Gaussian simulation of isometric log-ratio transformed compositions. (cdc.gov)

South Africa3

• In a representation to the ministry, APP had sought review of the ash content restriction so that high grade, low moisture imported coal from Australia, South Africa and Russia can be utilised for better efficiencies, and lower the cost of generation with actual ash generation remaining the same. (indiatimes.com)
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Disposal sites1

• However, 60 Minutes did leave out one big part of the story-just how widespread the coal ash problem is across the U.S. As you can see in our interactive map here , there are more than 1,400 coal ash disposal sites across the country. (ecowatch.com)

Environmental7

• According to PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility), certifying coal ash products as green is misleading because the toxins they contain wind up in our indoor and outdoor environments. (zdnet.com)
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulates coal ash under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act external icon (RCRA) and the Clean Water Act. (cdc.gov)
• The Committee further noted that lesser the ash generation, the lesser would be its environmental impact. (indiatimes.com)
• In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency adopted the first national regulations for coal ash . (weaa.org)
• Today, as coal's dominance in the power sector wanes, those piles of ash have grown into mountains as coal ash became one of the largest waste streams in the country, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. (wkms.org)
• The Southern Environmental Law Center represents community and environmental groups across the Southeast in researching the problems and threats associated with coal ash and in pursuing policy, regulatory, administrative, and judicial solutions. (southeastcoalash.org)
• Fly ash, an environmental health threat throughout the world, is comprised of small glass spheres with trace concentrations of neurotoxic metal(loid)s. (bvsalud.org)

Residue1

• Fly ash is a very fine, powdery residue from coal-fired plants (like factories). (cdc.gov)

Dust1

• For far too long, families across this country living near coal ash sites have been living under a cloud of fear, worrying that their children were at risk because they played outside breathing in coal ash dust or made pitchers of lemonade with water from the tap. (ecowatch.com)

Communities3

• Similar fears are now facing communities located near other coal-fired power plants in North Carolina. (cleanenergy.org)
• For their sake, it's imperative that North Carolina immediately move all coal ash to safer storage, away from our water and from threatened communities. (cleanenergy.org)
• METHODS: We recruited children aged 6-14 years old from communities located within 10 miles of two coal-burning power plants. (bvsalud.org)

Sites6

• The new data come just as the Trump administration is proposing major changes to rules regarding the storage of ash waste and the future regulation of the waste sites. (wkms.org)
• There are more than 2,000 toxic coal ash sites in the U.S. polluting our air and water, and now there is a new one on the bottom of Lake Michigan," noted Melissa Warner, a volunteer leader with the Sierra Club that lives south of the coal ash dump. (renewwisconsin.org)
• Jacqueline had been putting her ashes from wood and solid fuel on her vegetable garden for a couple of years, though she did the responsible person's internet search first, finding only sites touting the benefits of ashes in general. (themanicgardener.com)
• Sierra Club's interactive map showing more than 1,400 coal ash storage sites across the U.S. (ecowatch.com)
• Our fellow Americans living near these coal ash sites are frightened for the safety of their drinking water and the air they breathe. (ecowatch.com)
• Will there be monitoring of coal ash sites? (ecowatch.com)

Concrete2

• Fly ash is a by-product of power generation with coal, and the fly ash generated at NTPC stations is ideal for use in the manufacture of cement, concrete, concrete products, cellular concrete products and for bricks/blocks/tiles. (worldcoal.com)
• Recycling into concrete is also a safe way to get rid of the ash. (desmog.com)

Thermal power3

• EAC has suggested use of imported coal with higher ash content of up to 25% to help domestic thermal power plants use higher grade coal and bring down the cost of generation. (indiatimes.com)
• NEW DELHI: Environment Ministry's expert panel, EAC, has suggested use of imported coal with higher ash content of up to 25 per cent, as against 12 per cent now, to help domestic thermal power plants use higher grade coal and bring down the cost of generation. (indiatimes.com)
• To promote the use of fly ash bricks in building construction, NTPC has set up fly ash brick manufacturing plants at its coal-based thermal power plants. (worldcoal.com)

Dangers1

• The dangers of coal ash got national attention in December 2008 when the dam of a waste lagoon broke at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in Kingston, Tenn. (truthout.org)

Regulations2

• The EPA said in a statement that the new regulations would "promote environmentally safe and desirable forms of recycling coal ash. (truthout.org)
• And Tuesday, the Biden administration initiated its first steps toward enforcing its ash disposal regulations. (weaa.org)

20201

• Further, during 2020 - 2021, almost 15 NTPC station supplied fly ash to various road projects and ash utilisation crossed by nearly 20 million t. (worldcoal.com)

Heavy metals2

• The heavy metals and other chemicals in coal ash can cause everything from cancers to neurological issues when we consume them, as some fear many Georgians do in their well water. (gpb.org)
• However, Burdette warned that if the material from the coal ash basins reaches downtown Wilmington in the event that it is flooded, the water will be "inundating a city-wide ecosystem with a toxic cocktail of heavy metals. (buzzfeednews.com)

Waste9

• A whistleblower group asks the Green Buildings Council to hold back LEED certification for buildings containing materials made from coal waste. (zdnet.com)
• EPA officials say they are aware of ongoing concerns about the coal waste. (weaa.org)
• Curt and Debbie Havens lived near Little Blue Run, the country's largest coal ash waste site. (wkms.org)
• Coal ash is the second largest industrial waste stream in America, though it is less regulated than your household garbage," states Amy Adams of Appalachian Voices, one of over 20 organizations partnering to present the tour. (cleanenergy.org)
• U.S. coal plants produce about 100 million tonsannually of ash and other waste. (wnewsj.com)
• In that world there are two types of ashes and a couple of other sources of waste that need not concern us here, as we are discussing ash, and deviating not. (themanicgardener.com)
• All solid fuels produce both types of ash, but only very large industrial furnaces like municipal waste incinerators and power plants capture and store (with varying success) the fly ash. (themanicgardener.com)
• Fly ash, a waste product generated when burning coal for energy, is comprised of small glass spheres with neurotoxic heavy metal(loid)s found to be risk factors for learning and social problems in school. (bvsalud.org)
• Millions of children are exposed to fly ash which is a waste product generated from burning coal. (bvsalud.org)

Storage3

• A bill filed this week in the Georgia Legislature would bring coal ash storage rules in line with the rules for your household garbage. (gpb.org)
• The bill asks for those same things in coal ash storage. (gpb.org)
• On its face it doesn't make sense to shut down prematurely coal plants that provide the security of on-site fuel storage or serve as an alternative when prices of natural gas and other sources spike" or are not available, she said. (wnewsj.com)

Evans1

• There are numerous and growing cases of coal ash harming people's health and the environment, Evans said. (truthout.org)

Plant4

• The cooling towers at the Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant, are seen behind a home in Orlando. (weaa.org)
• In southwest Louisville, Louisville Gas & Electric's largest coal-fired power plant, Mill Creek Generating Station, sits along the Ohio River. (wkms.org)
• The former coal plant now uses natural gas. (wnewsj.com)
• Madison, Wisconsin - Today, the Sierra Club issued a Notice of Intent to sue We Energies for the October 31 flood of coal ash into Lake Michigan when an old landfill located on the bluff collapsed at a construction site at the company's Oak Creek coal plant. (renewwisconsin.org)

Ultimately1

• LEED now gives green credit for what is an ultimately brown act - putting coal ash into our homes, schools, and office buildings. (zdnet.com)

Cape Fear1

• But Kemp Burdette of Cape Fear River Watch told BuzzFeed News from a boat on the river where he was collecting water samples that it was clearly coal ash. (buzzfeednews.com)

Moisture1

• The committee observed that bulk of the imported coal having ash content lower than 12 per cent are typically of Indonesian origin having high moisture content of about 30-40 per cent, while imported coal from Australia, Russia, the USA and Columbia have ash content of about 25 per cent with moisture content up to 15 per cent. (indiatimes.com)

Million4

• Coal imports rose 2 per cent to 18.6 million tonnes in August from a year ago, according to SAIL-Tata Steel promoted Mjunction Services Ltd. (indiatimes.com)
• We Energies has essentially turned Lake Michigan, a national treasure that supplies drinking water to over 10 million people, into a coal ash dump. (renewwisconsin.org)
• On average, 60 million fly ash bricks are being manufactured annually by NTPCs own fly ash brick plants. (worldcoal.com)
• That's why a half million people weighed in with the EPA to support strong coal ash safeguards, why thousands turned out to the EPA hearings on the protections and hundreds have taken time out of there lives to come to Washington DC to ask for strong protections since first proposed back in 2010. (ecowatch.com)

Environmentally safe1

• Not generating coal ash in the first place is the most environmentally safe solution. (desmog.com)