The True Costs of Cleaning Up Toxic Coal Ash EcoWatch
According to the study, power companies dump much of the 130 million tons of coal ash produced at coalfired power plants each year into substandard waste disposal sites, including more than 2000 aging coal ash containment ponds and landfills across the country. Coal ash, a residual combustion byproduct created by burning coal, has been known to contain concentrations of heavy metals and