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Virginia Has 11 Coal Ash Ponds Along Rivers

2014-03-19 23:06:08| Waste Management - Topix.net

North Carolina is not the only state with unlined coal ash ponds. Virginia has 11 of them right next to several bodies of water.

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After North Carolina spill, coal ash ponds face extinction

2014-03-14 18:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Power producers' coal ash disposal ponds like the one that leaked toxic sludge into a North Carolina river in February may soon become a thing of the past. After six years of deliberation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in May will decide on changes to the Clean Water Act that would direct power companies to remove dangerous impurities, including carcinogens, from coal ash wastewater before releasing it into rivers that supply drinking water. While the new regulations will not prohibit...

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Canada: Tar Sands Tailings Ponds Are Leaching Into Athabasca River, Federal Study Says

2014-02-21 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe and Mail: New federal research has strongly backed suspicions that toxic chemicals from Alberta's vast oil sands tailings ponds are leaching into groundwater and seeping into the Athabasca River. Leakage from oil sands tailings ponds, which now cover 176 square kilometres, has long been an issue. Industry has acknowledged that seepage can occur, and previous studies using models have estimated it at 6.5-million litres a day from a single pond. The soil around the developments contains many chemicals...

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