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Public feedback sought on ash cleanup at Boulder’s Valmont Power Station

Boulder community members are encouraged to give feedback on the planned coal ash cleanup work at Xcel Energy’s Valmont Power Station.The power station, at 1800 63rd St., has…
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IEPA issues draft coal ash permits for Pekin power plant

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is issuing draft permits in favor of proposed plans for the coal ash impoundments at…
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Coal ash is toxic and could be buried all around us. What that means.

Coal ash, a byproduct of burning coal to generate power that contains an alphabet soup of toxic contaminants, has been used for decades in Indiana and across the U.S. as…
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Environmentalists Rattled by Radioactive Risks of Toxic Coal Ash

When the wind blows the wrong direction, Esther Calhoun can smell it. Calhoun’s home is often downwind from the Arrowhead Landfill in Uniontown, Alabama, a site…
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Voting Rights Act, Replacing McHenry, Coal Ash, EPA rules

WFAE The Voting Rights Act had a roller-coaster year in the courts in 2023, and legal challenges to the landmark law are set to continue this year. In ongoing redistricting…
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ADEM hold public input meeting over Gadsden coal ash waste

GADSDEN, Ala. (WIAT) — On Tuesday, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management heard from concerned residents regarding Alabama Power’s coal ash waste storage in…
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