WABE: Peggy Riggins, a retired high school teacher and counselor in Jesup, Georgia, is on a mission. On a hot, bright day in the southeast Georgia town, shes going from business to business, asking people to join and donate to her cause: fighting a plan to bring thousands, maybe millions, of tons of coal ash to the local landfill.
Coal ash is a byproduct from burning coal for electricity. It can contain toxic materials, like mercury and arsenic. Nationwide, utilities generate more than 100 million...