On Dec. 22, 2008, a major dike failure occurred on the north slopes of the ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s ...

The failure resulted in the release of approximately 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash spilling onto adjacent land and into the Emory River. The Kingston spill is considered one of the most ...

Coal companies providing power for rural Kentucky residents say they will have to pay millions to comply with a Biden administration rule cleaning up old ash disposal sites.

Federal courts previously declined to block other power plant rules issued together by the agency this spring, including the climate rule, the mercury rule and the effluent limitations guidelines.

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The nation’s largest public power provider will be just as reliant on fossil fuels in 2030 as it was in 2020, according to ...

Past a prison and an elementary school, the T15 pipeline will traverse 45 miles of North Carolina countryside that Shelley ...

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A cryptocurrency generation company with a power plant along Seneca Lake will be able to continue operating after a judge ...

File photo of a coal ash lined landfill in front of Duke Energy's Roxboro coal plant in Person County on February 1, 2024.