The transition to sustainable energy in the United States is reshaping how we create, store, and use energy – especially ...

Ash is a byproduct of burning coal that has been created by coal-powered power plants across America for decades. These ...

Decades of coal ash left behind at Consumers Energy’s ... Consumers vice president of generation operations, in a statement. “While our focus today is on meeting power needs in a more ...

Burning coal for electricity leaves behind coal ash, a byproduct that contains lead, mercury, cadmium and other toxic metals that have been linked to cancers and other serious illnesses.

The land at 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. has a large mound of toxic coal ash, which is a product of power plants, is made up of metals like arsenic, lead and mercury — all of which have been ...