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Republicans move forward against coal ash regulation

By Chris Hamby

April 14, 2011

Amid health risks, worries about a threat to jobs and the economy

EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

By John Solomon

May 18, 2011

Utilities craft plans for safer storage of a toxic coal power byproduct

"Beneficial use" of Coal Ash in question as EPA mulls regulation

By Kristen Lombardi

November 24, 2010

Nearly every day over the last 32 months, members of a citizens group in Giles County, Va., have paid a visit to a seven-acre stretch of lan

EPA scolded for website that appeared to endorse coal ash products

By Laurel Adams

October 18, 2010

An Environmental Protection Agency website about products made from coal ash failed to disclose contamination risks and gave the improper ap

EPA sets public hearings on coal ash disposal options

By Kristen Lombardi

August 19, 2010

Environmental advocates plan to organize citizens by the busload for a series of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency meetings on its propos

By releasing coal ash sites, EPA raises more questions

By Kristen Lombardi

June 30, 2009

Last February, in a four-month investigation into the dangers of coal ash, the Center covered the notorious, ash-laden water in Colstrip, Mo

Top ten coal ash states

By Kristen Lombardi

February 23, 2009

Coal ash — the often toxic solid waste generated by burning coal for electricity, and the focus of a recent Center investigation — has large

Public Insight Network offers new opportunities for the Center’s investigative reporting

In early November, the Center for Public Integrity launched our partnership with American Public Media's Public Insight Network or PIN — a g

Coal ash spills into Lake Michigan after bluff collapse

By Sarah Whitmire

November 1, 2011

A bluff collapse dumps hazardous waste from WI power plant into Lake Michigan

Town divided over major employer's permission to pollute the air

By Howard Berkes and Sarah Harris

November 10, 2011

Community in turmoil over cement plant's permission to exceed emissions of hazardous waste incinerators — all perfectly legal

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