Coal ash and rainy days don’t mix

Indiana has recently experienced record-setting rains, causing disastrous flooding in some areas of the state. Our state also has historically relied on coal as an energy source.

You might be asking: What does coal have to do with all that rain falling from the skies into our water supply? It turns out quite a bit. As we burn coal, we generate coal ash, which has serious implications for our water. It needs to be part of Indiana’s current discussion of water resources.