Alabama Power threatened with lawsuit for contaminating groundwater with coal ash

Alabama Power threatened with lawsuit for contaminating groundwater with coal ash

A covered coal ash pond 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, Ala.—Cruising upstream on the Coosa River through downtown Gadsden, it would be easy to miss the old coal ash pond sitting on the north bank of the ri…