Southeast states fight to avoid becoming coal ash dumping ground
WRITTEN BY Gillian Neimark, Southeast Energy News. To see the original publication of this article by Southeast Energy News, Click here: https://energynews.us/2017/03/02/southeast/southeast-states-fight-to-avoid-becoming-coal-ash-dumping-ground/
About 200 Georgians Met with Legislators Urging Passage of Critical Coal Ash Legislation
Yesterday, as about 200 Georgians gathered at the Capitol Building, State Representative Jeff Jones (R-Brunswick) filed legislation to address Georgia’s toxic coal ash pollution. H.B. 387 requires utilities to submit a “major…
Breaking Down Georgia Power's Coal Ash Closure Data
Georgia Power is planning to "close" pits containing billions of gallons of toxic coal ash and contaminated wastewater at 11 power plants. Despite promises in September 2015 to release a plan six…
What was Georgia Power doing at Plant Branch on New Year’s weekend?
This article is reposted by permission from Rural and Progressive. See the original here. The author, Katherine Helms Cummings, is an environmental and rural health advocate. Subsequent to our posting of this…