MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday rejected Alabama’s proposal to take over coal ash regulation, saying the state plan does not do enough to protect ...

Alabama Power — and other utilities in the state — have for decades stored coal ash in unlined ponds. Last year, the U.S.

Nine years after the Gadsden Steam Plant stopped burning coal, its unlined coal ash pond is still polluting Alabama ...

(WALA) - The Environment Protection Agency today finalized its denial of the Alabama ... to permit coal ash disposal sites under the federal coal combustion residuals rule. The EPA said Alabama ...

Environmental groups have put Alabama Power on notice that they intend to sue the utility over groundwater pollution from its ...