Capped Alabama coal ash pond still polluting groundwater 7 years after closure, lawsuit claims

Capped Alabama coal ash pond still polluting groundwater 7 years after closure, lawsuit claims

The covered coal ash pond at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden sits adjacent to the Coosa River in Gadsden, Ala. (Courtesy of Coosa Riverkeeper)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. GADSDEN — The coal ash lagoon at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden was supposed to be a model for how to close ash ponds by cove…