Kentucky is one of a minority of states that produces most of its electricity by burning coal. A byproduct of that legacy today: creating millions of tons of what’s known as coal ash, a waste from burning coal containing a slew of toxic metals that’s often stored by utilities and power producers in impoundment ponds […] The post New federal rules aim to clean up toxic coal ash, including nearly a dozen sites in Kentucky appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency says a new chemical emissions rule will benefit the Ohio River Valley and vulnerable communities throughout the country by dramatically lowering air toxic emissions. The EPA s newly finalized rule targets emissions of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas emitted by Kanawha County facilities covered by the rule operated by Chemours and Altivia.
A lawsuit filed April 4 against farms and county and state agencies allege that the approval of pesticide use near three schools in North Monterey County is disproportionately harming those
A bill that would have allowed coal mines to violate water quality standards if excess pollution was only for a limited amount of time won’t become law in Montana, according
Accidents involving the toxic chemical spilled in East Palestine, Ohio, last year have occurred more than once per week since 2010, according to a report published Tuesday by Earthjustice and the nonprofit Beyond Plastics. Vinyl chloride is a hazardous substance widely used in the production of plastics. Researchers with the firm Material Research L3C determined that manufacturing of the…