"Ash from a chaparral [vegetation] fire is clean; it contains nutrients like phosphorous and potassium that can be beneficial," said Garn Wallace, a biochemist and soil scientist whose business ...

Ash is falling on parts of Arlington and Fairfax County due to a “very large controlled burn” nearby. “We live in Ballston and a few large pieces of ash have fallen in the past couple of ...

That coal ash, the waste from burning coal, was at risk of leaching into groundwater and spreading toxins, officials said. It was part of a broad crackdown by the Biden administration on coal ash ...

As crews continue to battle brush fires across Central Florida, some residents have reached out to News 6 for help dealing ...

But what about residents whose homes didn't burn but whose yards and gardens still got a coating of ash? At present, there don't appear to be any cleanup programs or prohibitions for properties ...

In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in a pile so big it could fill the Dallas Cowboys' football stadium twice over — threaten ...