4,000 Gallon Coal Ash Spill Into Potomac May Reach DC
Over 4,000 gallons of toxic coal ash spilled into the Potomac River in Maryland and much of it is expected to reach the nation’s capital. The spill sends a message that no amount of protest ever could: coal power is dirty and needs to end.
The Maryland Department of the Environment issued a press release reporting that a pipeline between a coal power plant and its ash slurry storage facility had ruptured, spilling the toxic sludge into the North Branch Potomac River.


