Mapping the Coal Ash Contamination - Earthjustice
2022年11月3日 · The most studied case of coal ash damage occurred at Belews Lake in North Carolina in the 1970s, when coal ash-contaminated water from an ash pond at Duke Energy’s Belews Creek Steam Station caused a long-term catastrophic toxic event.
Is there a coal ash pond near you? Check this map. | CNN
2021年12月8日 · On Sunday, CNN published “Gambling ‘America’s Amazon,’” an investigation on a toxic coal ash pond in southern Alabama that experts say threatens one of the nation’s most pristine wetlands.
EPA begins enforcement on clean up of toxic coal-ash ponds - CNN
2022年1月11日 · The EPA said 57 facilities covered by the regulations, some of which have multiple coal-ash ponds, have requested deadline extensions.
Coal’s other dark side: Toxic ash that can poison water and people
2019年2月19日 · When a dike on a coal ash pond ruptured at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Kingston, Tennessee, in December 2008, it spilled far more toxic ash than the Deepwater Horizon spilled oil.
EPA Takes Key Steps to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination
2022年1月11日 · Coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash), a byproduct of burning coal in coal-fired power plants, contains contaminants like mercury, cadmium, and arsenic that without proper management can pollute waterways, groundwater, drinking water, and the air.
First Comprehensive, National Study of Coal Ash Pollution Finds ...
2019年3月4日 · These dangerous coal ash ponds should have been closed and cleaned up years ago.” The report details steps that EPA should take to more effectively protect public health and the environment from coal ash pollution.
Accidents Waiting to Happen: Coal Ash Ponds Put Our Waterways …
2018年4月30日 · To protect our waterways from coal ash spills and contamination, policymakers must work to reduce our dependence on coal, while ensuring that coal ash ponds are highly regulated and kept far from the water’s edge.
Evidence for Coal Ash Ponds Leaking in the Southeastern United …
2016年6月10日 · Given the large number of coal ash impoundments throughout the United States, the systematic evidence for leaking of coal ash ponds shown in this study highlights potential environmental risks from unlined coal ash ponds.
Coal Ash Contamination: A Legacy of Toxicity - ArcGIS StoryMaps
2020年12月23日 · This map depicts coal ash ponds, sites where coal ash has been used as a material for structural filling (red dots), and surface water intake locations for drinking water (blue points).
Coal Ash Ponds: How Power Companies Get a ‘Bypass’ on …
2014年3月24日 · Pollution from coal ash ponds has been front and center in the news of late. Especially in North Carolina where the failure of two ponds operated by Duke Energy sent some 30,000 to 39,000...