Earthen Dam Holding Coal Ash in Impoundment

Shippingport, PA

This is the largest coal ash dump in the USA, spanning the border between Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Every year, 625,000 tons of ash from one of the most toxic power plants in the country are pumped 7 miles through an underground pipeline into this impoundment. It is also known to be leaching arsenic, selenium chromium, boron, and other toxins into the groundwater.

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