"We are supposed to be excited about an expanded coal-fired complex and we discover that the company has been historically negligent about its wastes," Lone Tree Chairman Terry Miller said in a news release to be issued today. "Ash landfills at Consumers Energy plant are leaking toxics into Saginaw BayPosted by Jeff Kart | The Bay City Times October 30, 2008 06:54AMTwo massive ash landfills that hold the concentrated residue of coal burned at a power plant in Bay County have been leaking toxics to the Saginaw Bay for years. The Lone Tree Council, a Bay City area environmental group, uncovered the issue while combing through state records on plans for a new 800-megawatt power plant at the Consumers Energy Karn-Weadock facility in Hampton Township http://blog.mlive.com/bctimes/2008/10/ash_landfills_at_consumers_ene.html |