The Filthy 15

The Filthy 15 are some of the largest, dirtiest coal companies in the U.S. These companies are jeopardizing public health, damaging the environment, placing an unfair burden on low-income and minority communities, and are fast-becoming an increasingly risky investment.

Coal Burning Companies

1. 
   American Electric Power: AEP burns more coal than any other utility.
2. 
   Ameren: The average age of Ameren’s plants is 50 years old, which increases the likelihood that they pollute at levels that do not adhere to updated EPA standards.
3. 
   Dominion: Dominion is embroiled in legal battles over the inadequate coal ash disposal in Kingston, Tennessee, where a coal ash pond containing over one billion gallons of the ash caused a landslide that engulfed the town in 2008.
4. 
   Duke: Duke was the #1 killer responsible for 1,248 deaths in 2010.
5. 
   Edison International: Operates 3 Plants that List Among the 12 US Environmental Justice Offenders.
6. 
   FirstEnergy: After a merger with Allegheny, they doubled their coal- burning capacity.
7. 
   GenOn: GenOn has one of the dirtiest fleets of coal plants in the nation.
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   Mid-American: They own Pacificorp, one of the dirtiest energy providers on the West Coast.
9. 
   PPL: PPL doled out $25 million to neighbors of its Colstrip plant after its coal ash ponds leeched into local groundwater and privately-owned wells in 2009.
10. 
    Southern: Southern is the 4th largest carbon polluter in the world.

Coal Mining Companies

11. 
    Alpha: Alpha bought Massey and has nine environmental violations per day.
12. 
    Arch: Arch is the second largest coal producer in the U.S.
13. 
    CONSOL Energy: CONSOL is the operator of seven of the 20 U.S. mines with the most safety citations.
14. 
    Patriot: Patriot is the second largest practitioner of mountaintop removal mining.
15. 
    Peabody: Peabody is the world’s largest private-sector coal company.

See how some college and university students are running campaigns to get their school to divest from the Filthy 15