"… ittee would block the Environmental Protection Agency from designating the waste produced by coal combustion as “hazardous.” The label would trigger mo …"

"… power producers, drive up energy costs and harm companies that recycle the waste and put it to good use, such as in concrete and wallboard.Although the pot …"

"… A is here. …"

"… nce, is urging the agency to continue to treat coal ash as a non-hazardous waste product. Environmentalists are concerned the agency is dragging its feet o …"

"… iary operates 10 coal ash ponds in the state, said regulation as hazardous waste could cost up to $22 billion, compared with $15 billion. Rather than move …"

"… e.The one-time stream is now an industrial pond, filled with arsenic-laced waste from a coal-fired power plant. The pond spans nearly 1,000 acres of rollin …"

"… d consumes more than 10 percent of the total land, Little Blue Run seems a wasteland.Coal ash, tinted blue, has overtaken the valley, rising each year by a …"

"… earing, in Pittsburgh. Currently, Pennsylvania manages coal ash as a solid waste, requiring such protections as liners and groundwater monitoring — which …"

"… ion, a giant coal-fired power plant, never thought twice about the massive waste ponds a half mile away.They never fathomed they were drinking water laced …"

"… left to the states. Argument over EPA’s potential role in regulating the waste has flared for 28 years, most prominently in a furious inter-agency battle …"

"… g anew. But the outcome of that debate remains far from certain.A river of wasteEach year, power companies generate approximately 130 million tons of coal …"

"… r, power companies are capturing more particulates and metals in the solid wastes, like coal ash. The Academy’s 2006 report documents that result. Commis …"

"… more just to upgrade existing ash ponds and to handle the ash as hazardous waste. If those utilities cannot use coal ash for structural fill, Melissa McHen …"

"… ark. Such a prospect seems a long shot, since new regulation under federal waste laws does not typically affect existing sites. But there are so many such …"

"… derway.FAST FACT: In December 2008, nearly 1.1 billion gallons of coal ash waste burst out of a Tennessee Valley Authority containment area into about 300 …"

"… nt that would in effect classify coal ash as “hazardous” under federal waste law, triggering a series of strict controls for its dumping. A second opti …"

"… k the EPA from using its funding to regulate coal ash as a “hazardous” waste or material through September, the end of the current fiscal year.McKinley …"

"… or enforce any regulation that identifies or lists fossil fuel combustion waste as hazardous waste subject to regulation.”Environmental advocates say th …"

"… ulation that identifies or lists fossil fuel combustion waste as hazardous waste subject to regulation.”Environmental advocates say the two amendments wo …"

"… that would essentially classify coal ash as “hazardous” under federal waste law, triggering a series of strict controls for its dumping. A second opti …"

"… Eastern Tennessee, a spill which led EPA to pledge to finally regulate the waste, which is a toxic byproduct of burning coal to produce electricity.In May, …"

"… that would essentially classify coal ash as “hazardous” under federal waste law, triggering a series of strict controls for its dumping. A second opti …"

"… for word the utility industry’s letters to the EPA opposing its coal ash waste plan.The letters are also reminiscent of those decrying a draft determinat …"