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Coal ash contaminants leaching into the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River in Illinois, May 2, 2018 (Earth Justice Collaborative, via flickr)

Featured image: In his 33 years in the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has extracted almost $1 million from the coal industry. (AP photo)

Industry Seeks ‘Beneficial’ Uses of the Toxic Sludge Produced by Coal-Burning Power Plants

Cleaning up after the 2014 Dan River coal-ash spill in North Carolina. Photo by Steven Alexander U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Energy Department Puts Together a Scheme to Supply Obsolete Coal and Nuclear Plants 

Most Influential Western Leader, European Union Stalwart Fails to Form a Government

Siding with the Power Industry, the Federal Agency Wants States Overseeing Deadly Pollutants

As memories of a 2008 Tennesse disaster fade, EPA’s Pruitt bows to the power industry on tough coal-ash regulation.