The Environmental Protection Agency said the standard for cleaning up coal ash in the Town of Pines will now be a little more strict. In March, the environmental group Earthjustice pointed out flaws ...

Recent test results in Mooresville indicated that the town’s growing coal ash sinkhole has not further contaminated municipal drinking water. The town initially conducted sampling after North Carolina ...

Test results of the soil near a Mooresville day care confirm what experts feared: what they call "unacceptable levels" of carcinogens and radioactivity in the coal ash placed there decades ago as fill ...

BUCKS, Ala.—Alabama’s largest electric utility reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resolving two of three alleged violations stemming from one of its largest coal ash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Environmental Protection Agency plans to let 11 coal plants dump toxic coal ash into unlined pits until 2031 — a full decade ...

A group of electric utilities, including Duke Energy, is asking the federal government to roll back environmental rules that would require stronger coal ash cleanup and greenhouse gas limits on power ...

A recent decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denying an application for a coal ash disposal plan in Alabama is raising questions about what it could mean for a similar program in ...