Crypto mining company agrees to speed cleanup of its coal ash pile
Stronghold Digital Mining will clean up its unpermitted coal ash dump at its waste coal power plant in Venango County, which fuels its crypto mining operations.
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New EPA rules cut carbon, mercury and other pollution from coal and gas plants
The new rules include limits on climate-altering carbon dioxide from existing coal and new natural gas power plants.
Report concludes industry is not doing enough to clean up coal ash dumps
The report by advocacy groups concludes that 96 percent of coal plants are not planning to effectively clean up coal ash dumps covered by a federal rule.
Coal powered the industrial revolution. It left behind an ‘absolutely massive’ environmental catastrophe
Scenes from the end of coal: A blasted mountaintop in Kentucky, an underground inferno in Pennsylvania, slowly dying maples in New Hampshire and a toxic pile of waste in Florida.
Utility reaches settlement with regulators over coal ash pollution in W. Pa. streams
West Penn Power will pay a $610,000 fine and build new pipelines at two coal ash landfills as part of a settlement with EPA and DEP.
Talen Energy Agrees to Protect Montour Preserve as Part of Plan to Phase Out Coal
A central Pennsylvania conservation group is declaring the settlement a win for water quality and outdoor recreation, as the power plant moves to natural gas.
Trump Administration Proposes Rollbacks for Two Obama-Era Coal Pollution Rules
The rules include an extension for the closure of unlined coal ash lagoons. A recent study has shown more than 90% of these sites are leaking arsenic and other toxins at levels exceeding EPA health standards.
The Cautionary Tale of the Largest Coal Ash Waste Site in the U.S.
When it became clear that coal ash waste from a nearby power plant was making them sick, residents of one West Virginia town mobilized. But activists fear weakened regulations will make it harder for others to do the same.
Report: Coal Ash Contamination Widespread in U.S., Pa.
A new report finds coal ash pollution is leaking into groundwater at nine power plants around Pennsylvania and over 200 nationwide. One western Pa. site has arsenic 372 times the 'safe' level.
A Coal Ash Spill Made These Workers Sick. Now, They’re Fighting for Compensation.
Some 30 people who cleaned up the ash have died with ailments that can be linked to exposure to toxic elements of coal ash, and more than 250 are sick or dying.
