Coal Ash Legal Fight Moves to Florida
With all the news following the Dan River coal ash disaster this February, it may seem that North Carolina is the only Southeastern state with coal ash woes. Unfortunately, there are plenty…
Remembering TN's Coal Ash Problems After NC's Dan River Disaster
In the wake of the recent coal ash disaster at Duke Energy’s Dan River plant in Eden, NC, environmental groups have become increasingly concerned with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s…
EPA Agrees to Deadline for Coal Ash Rule
This week the Environmental Protection Agency agreed to finalize first-ever federal regulation for the disposal of coal ash, by December 19, 2014; settling a lawsuit brought by Earthjustice on behalf of SACE and…
TVA Five Years Later - Lessons Not Learned
This Guest Post was written by Lisa Evans, Senior Administrative Counsel for Policy and Legislation at Earthjustice, and originally appeared on Earthjustice's blog unEARTHED. You can access the original blog here. Angela Garrone, SACE's Southeast…
EPA Announces Limits to Greenhouse Gas Emissions on New Power Plants
This Guest Post was written by Laura Beans and was originally posted on EcoWatch.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed carbon emissions standards for new power plants [on Friday, Sept. 20].…
Bullying the messenger, burying the truth on CRS coal ash report
Four years ago the Kingston coal ash disaster put a spotlight on the need for federal coal ash regulations when a dam failed, releasing one billion gallons of the toxic waste, poisoning 300 acres…
Judge Holds TVA Liable For Kingston Disaster
This guest post, written by Lisa Evans with Earthjustice, originally appeared on Earthjustice's blog unEARTHED on August 28, 2012. Read the original post and view the comments here. Read SACE's official Press…
Rep. McKinley Offers Gift to the Coal Industry
East Tennessee is not commonly known as a hotbed of environmental activism, but last fall hundreds of people turned up in Knoxville to ask the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt a…
Tr-Ash Talk: State of Failure
The following is a re-post of a piece originally published here and written by Raviya Ismail of Earthjustice. This post reports on the failure of states to properly regulate coal ash and…
Tr-Ash Talk: EPAs Blind Spot
This blog was originally posted by Lisa Evans, Senior Administrative Attorney for Earthjustice's blog, unEARTHED. Barb Gottlieb of Physicians for Social Responsibility contributed to this new report. Dangerous Form Of Chromium Unregulated…