May 19, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit has revived a suit alleging Alabama Power Co.'s plan to cap a 21-million-ton coal ash dump violates federal regulations, ruling that the environmental group suing the company clearly had standing and that its suit "should not have been dismissed."
September 27, 2022
An environmental group has challenged Alabama Power Co.'s plan to cap a pit containing more than 21 million tons of coal ash, telling an Alabama federal court the state-approved plan violates federal rules and could lead to more contamination of the Mobile River's floodplain.