Each year coal plants produce over 130 million tons of solid waste which is far more that all the municipal garbage in the U.S. combined. This toxic mixture of ash, scrubber sludge and coal wash is combined in unlined pits from which it can leach into aquifers and water supplies.

First published in the November 12, 2014, 1:35 a.m. edition

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