trash to treasure" indeed. Here's a story worth watching as the demand for rare earths intensifies

#coalash #Lithium

https://scitechdaily.com/8-4-billion-enormous-cache-of-rare-earth-elements-discovered-in-america/

Lawsuit Launched to Clean Up Toxic Coal Ash in Pennsylvania https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-launched-to-clean-up-toxic-coal-ash-in-pennsylvania-2024-12-10/

#Pennsylvania #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #CoalAsh

Scientists find huge trove of #RareMetals needed for clean energy hidden inside toxic coal waste | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/climate/coal-ash-rare-earth-elements/index.html Scientists analyzed #CoalAsh from power plants across the United States and found it could contain up to 11 million tons of rare earth elements — nearly eight times the amount the US has in domestic reserves — worth around $8.4 billion

It offers a huge potential source of domestic #RareEarth elements without the need for new mining,

#EPA clamps down on #water #pollution from #coal plants: The new rules targeting coal wastewater and #coalash are part of a suite of #regulations expected to reshape the #power sector. https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-clamps-down-on-water-pollution-from-coal-plants/

#EPA clamps down on #water #pollution from #coal plants: The new rules targeting coal wastewater and #coalash are part of a suite of #regulations expected to reshape the #power sector. https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-clamps-down-on-water-pollution-from-coal-plants/

The EPA rejected Alabama’s plan to deal with coal ash. The state wanted to regulate the toxic waste as non-hazardous despite the risks to human health and the environment. The EPA said the plan was inconsistent with federal standards and ordered Alabama to revise it. #CoalAsh #EPA #Alabama https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06102023/epa-rejects-alabama-coal-ash-plan/

I know it. But a lot of people don't #CoalAsh #GreatLakes #Michigan
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/epa-coal-ash-rule

New #EPA rules tell polluters in #GreatLakes communities to clean up legacy #coal waste
One advocate calls the #coalash pits in her town a "ticking time bomb." https://grist.org/accountability/new-epa-rules-tell-polluters-in-great-lakes-communities-to-clean-up-legacy-coal-waste/

Coal ash crackdown continues as EPA denies extensions for six power plants

Among other issues, the EPA determined some plant owners were placing monitoring equipment in locations that could deliver misleading results.

The U.S. EPA on Wednesday denied six coal plants’ requests to keep dumping toxic ash into unlined or inadequately lined pits, signaling the agency’s commitment to enforce the 2015 federal coal ash rules that had been widely flouted by companies and ignored by regulators.

The rules say that pits without legally compliant liners needed to stop receiving coal ash by April 2021, but many companies continued dumping ash in such pits and ponds, with more than 60 seeking extensions to the deadline. The EPA began a series of enforcement actions last year.

#coal #coalash #EPA #cleanwater #environmentaljustice

https://energynews.us/2023/01/25/coal-ash-crackdown-continues-as-epa-denies-extensions-for-six-coal-plants

EPA plans to stop 6 power plants from dumping toxic coal ash into unlined ponds.
#EPA #CoalAsh #Toxins #Coal

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/epa-coal-ash-power-plants-climate/index.html