Coal Ash Concerns: Documentary
Series: Coal Ash Scares, Sickens Louisville Residents
From: WFPL News
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In Southwest Louisville, residents living across the street from Louisville Gas & Electric's Cane Run Power Station say coal ash is contaminating their homes. They watch dust fly off the company's landfill, and tests have confirmed at least some of that ash is settling on their houses. This in-depth look at the problem discusses what the concerns are about coal ash, why there's so much of it, and what federal regulators are doing about it.
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In Southwest Louisville, residents living across the street from Louisville Gas & Electric's Cane Run Power Station say coal ash is contaminating their homes. They watch dust fly off the company's landfill, and tests have confirmed at least some of that ash is settling on their houses. This in-depth look at the problem discusses what the concerns are about coal ash, why there's so much of it, and what federal regulators are doing about it.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Coal generates more than half of the nation's energy and it’s burned in power plants in all but four states. One inevitable byproduct of burning coal is ash.
A lot of coal ash is in Kentucky, Indiana and throughout the Ohio River Valley. In a special report, WFPL’s Erica Peterson looks at the health and environmental concerns the ash is raising for residents of a neighborhood in southwest Louisville.
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