Coal Ash Dumps in the Mountain West

Authors

Julia Salangsang, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Nicole Diaz Del Valle, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Zachary Billot, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Caitlin J. Saladino, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy InstituteFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

7-26-2023

Publication Title

Environment Fact Sheet No. 15

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

3

Abstract

This fact sheet presents data on coal ash dumps, their management, and the pollutants that exist at each site in the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The original report includes data on coal ash dumping sites for all 50 states.

Keywords

Pollutant; Landfill; Coal power plants; Dump; Contamination; EPA

Disciplines

Environmental Health | Environmental Policy | Environmental Sciences | Environmental Studies | Health Policy | Public Policy

File Format

pdf

File Size

115 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Salangsang, J., Diaz Del Valle, N., Billot, Z., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2023). Coal Ash Dumps in the Mountain West. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. Environment Fact Sheet No. 15, 1-3.

Repository Citation

Salangsang, J., Diaz Del Valle, N., Billot, Z., Saladino, C. J., Brown, W. E. (2023). Coal Ash Dumps in the Mountain West. Environment Fact Sheet No. 15 1-3.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_env/15