Coal Ash Site Faces Legal Battle

A massive 460-acre former coal plant site in Clermont County, Ohio, is up for sale at $13.5 million — but it’s sparking outrage because it includes a hazardous coal ash pit and is being marketed as unrestricted for development. County officials are threatening legal action, citing decades of environmental neglect, including a fallen smokestack and compromised monitoring wells, and demanding cleanup before any development. An environmental covenant from 2018 supposedly bans groundwater-dependent uses, yet the listing ignores it. With millions of pounds of toxic ash potentially threatening the drinking water of hundreds of thousands, locals and officials are pushing for a court-ordered cleanup — or else. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/fff69f9c94a6f8c6