Enough coal ash slurry to fill 800 Olympic swimming pools swallowed a town in 2008, carrying toxins, sickness and bitter ...

When Xcel Energy stopped burning coal at its Valmont Power Station in 2017, it left 1.6 million tons of toxic coal ash on the ...

The stacks served as a symbol for the region of TVA’s power in jobs and industry. They also served as a reminder of what it ...

The implosion of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Bull Run Fossil Plant marks a transition to clean energy for utility.

Millions of yards of ashy sludge broke through a dike at TVA Fossil Plant near Harriman, Tennessee, on Dec. 22, 2008.

"The coal ash sitting on Lake Michigan at the NIPSCO Michigan City Generating Station is contaminating our groundwater and putting Lake Michigan at risk of a catastrophic spill into the lake ...

A coal ash spill in North Carolina that contaminated the Dan River — the drinking water source for more than 50,000 people in Southside Virginia — hasn’t posed a health ...

Researchers are trying to figure out how to extract rare earths from coal ash, which could yield 11 million tons of rare earths for the U.S. Coal ash is a toxic byproduct of coal-fired power plants.

The Tennessee Valley Authority will implode two stacks at a closed East Tennessee coal plant that will soon become home to a pioneering nuclear fusion reactor prototype. Daniel Dassow is a ...

Coal is burned in a furnace to create heat and steam, which then is converted into power through generators. A large tank holds brine, which is used in the soda ash process.

The call came in at 3:06 p.m., and crews from the Bristol, Tennessee Fire Department arrived to find a significant fire involving a large amount of rubber material.