Industry leaders call for urgent overhaul of power plant rules: ‘These regulations … threaten the reliability of the power grid’  The Cool Down

Utility companies invoke ludicrous technicality in attempt to avoid critical cleanup effort: ‘Absurd effort’  The Cool Down

Solar Panel Waste is Tiny—Coal & Gas Emit Hundreds Of Times Mass Per MWh  CleanTechnica

Burning coal leaves dangerous waste. Trump’s EPA eyes looser rules for handling it  MSN

Officials order power company to address dangerous situation threatening town’s drinking water: ‘A major victory for everyone’  The Cool Down

EPA plans to ease coal ash rules as industry pushes to cut costs  ehn.org

TVA exempted from air pollution standards as Trump tries to save shrinking coal sector  Knoxville News Sentinel

Scientists make stunning discovery while studying material thought to be useless waste: ‘There’s huge volumes of this stuff all over the country’  The Cool Down

Two Georgia Power coal plants among the dozens now exempt from Biden-era pollution rule  Georgia Recorder

$8.4 Billion Cache of Rare Earth Elements Discovered in America  fox41yakima.com