Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue Matt Canestrale Contracting, Inc. for Improper Disposal of Hundreds of Thousands of Tons of Coal Ash Waste at LaBelle Coal Mine Dump March…
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February 11, 2013 Dallas, Texas – On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 a federal judge in Waco denied a motion filed by Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings and its subsidiary Luminant seeking dismissal…
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January 24, 2013 The developers of the embattled Las Brisas Energy Center have announced their plan to liquidate the company and halt their efforts to build the proposed new power…
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MDE Lauded for Legal Action to Stop Ground and Surface Water Contamination and Prevent Additional Pollution at Coal Ash Sites; GenOn to pay a civil penalty of $1.9 million January 14,…
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January 3, 2013 Emissions of mercury and other air toxics from coal-fired power plants continue to decline, but the largest remaining sources still emit high levels of dangerous contaminants that can significantly…
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On the fourth anniversary of the TVA Kingston spill, TVA ash disposal standards are stuck in neutral. Meanwhile, power plants disposed of more than one billion pounds of arsenic and…
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Today, the Environmental Integrity Project and co-counsel Public Justice sent another notice of intent to sue (“NOI”) letter to FirstEnergy for violations of the Clean Water Act and Clean Streams…
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Groups Give EPA Until April 2013 to Release Effluent Limitation Guidelines for Power Plants WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, four environmental groups -- Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Environmental Integrity Project, and…
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Senate, House bills would prevent EPA from ever setting federal safeguards for toxic coal ash Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Research Service issued an analysis of two pending pieces of coal ash…
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Group Hails Progress, but Calls for Tighter Permitting and More Transparency in PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, NY and D.C. to Boost Bay Clean-Up. Industrial and municipal dischargers contribute a…
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