Bluestone Coke and other industrial plants have polluted north Birmingham’s Black communities for years. Now, they may settle with local regulators for a fraction of what they face in penalties.
For the past several years, Georgia Power has gone to great lengths to skirt the federal rule requiring coal-fired power plants to safely dispose of massive amounts of toxic waste they produced.
Documents reveal Georgia Power went to great lengths to advocate for risky waste storage. After a ProPublica investigation exposed this practice, the EPA is trying to block the move.