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South Carolina Leads Southeast in Coal Ash Cleanup; NC and TN Taking Action
This post is part one of a two-part series exploring the state of coal ash regulation and clean up in the Southeast. Part one focuses on North and South Carolina and Tennessee. Part…
Pruitt EPA Should Deny New Utility Move to Weaken Federal Coal Ash Rule
This blog was written by Amelia Shenstone, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Georgia Power, Alabama Power to begin addressing coal ash storage
This article is posted with permission of the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). Click here to see their original post. SELC represents SACE in several coal ash related legal cases. Georgia Power…
New Customizable Coal Ash Reports Highlight the Danger in Our Back Yards
Today, as EPA's deadline to finalize coal ash rules rapidly approaches, SACE unveiled a new tool to help concerned citizens, activists, policymakers, and reporters better understand the potential hazards of toxic coal ash…
Lynn Ringenberg, M.D.: Coal Ash Pollution Needs Tighter Regulation
This post, written by Lynn Ringenberg, originally appeared in the South Florida Sun Sentinel on August 5, 2014. You can access the original article here. A national epidemic has come to Florida. It is a…
Guest Post: N.C. DEQ asks for new deadline to finalize coal ash storage classifications
This is a guest blog from the Southern Environmental Law Center, an organization who uses the power of the law to champion all the things you love about the South: clean water,…
Kingston Recovery Continues: TVA Pays $27.8 Million to Coal Ash Spill Victims
Last week the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) finally agreed to pay $27.8 million to more than 800 property owners who suffered damage from the massive 2008 Kingston coal ash spill. The spill…
Will NC Gov. McCrory's DEQ Heed Demands for Proper Coal Ash Cleanup?
If you're paying attention to North Carolina politics, you know Governor Pat McCrory's administration seems very out of step with North Carolinians statewide. As his ink dries on the controversial HB2 (which…
Earthjustice: BIG COAL CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP
Lisa Evans is an attorney specializing in hazardous waste law. Ms. Evans has been active in hazardous waste litigation and advocacy for over 25 years. Since 2006, she has been a senior…
The Good and The Bad on Biomass News in North Carolina
Rumor has it that Duke Energy plans to convert the Dan River power plant from coal to biomass fuel. However, the NCUC reached its decision when considering the relatively insignificant amount of…