Columbus Dispatch 1 month ago

U.S. EPA orders more safety tests at coal-ash ponds

NEW HAVEN, W.Va. -- Since 1960, a 70-acre complex of ponds outside the Philip Sporn power plant has been used to store millions of tons of damp coal ash removed from its largest boiler. Full Article at Columbus Dispatch

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