MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday rejected Alabama’s proposal to take over coal ash regulation, saying the state plan does not do enough to protect ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has denied Alabama Power’s cap-in-place coal ash plan. The denial, issued Thursday, states that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s ...

The Biden administration also turned a skeptical eye toward states that wanted to manage their own coal ash permitting programs, and rejected Alabama’s request to do so, saying the state allowed ...