Heidelberg Materials North America is proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of commercial operations at its Winyah STAR Plant in Georgetown, SC, the first beneficiation facility in the world to ...

Rebecca Smith - profile from The Wall Street Journal. News, articles, biography and photos.

"What happens next carries real urgency." Industry leaders call for urgent overhaul of power plant rules: 'These regulations ...

Beckjord coal plant site, where leftover coal ash is stored in unlined pits perched on the Ohio River. They worry that rising groundwater will directly mix with the toxic ash buried on site.

House Bill 1459 aims to create a legal framework that would boost commercial development of rare earth elements and other "critical minerals" found in the beds of North Dakota's lignite coal.

When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina last September, a local radio station played a critical role in keeping residents informed. Their work didn't stop there. In the last six months ...

When power plants burn coal to generate electricity, the plants leave behind toxic ash. It took decades for the Environmental Protection Agency to create and enforce regulations to keep those toxins ...

The information also may be complex — like Chapel Hill’s years-long discussion about its coal ash dump or the ... that affect the Triangle or North Carolina. Have a suggestion for a future ...

Will North Carolina squeeze into the 2025 NCAA men's basketball tournament? That is sure to be a talking point Friday. The Tar Heels are on the bubble heading into a ACC semifinal matchup ...

Valerie Bauerlein is a national reporter who writes about small-town America and Southern politics, economics and culture.

The proposed settlement set to be filed Monday with the North Carolina Utilities Commission would slash customers’ costs for closing coal-ash ponds by about $1.1 billion through 2030 ...