COAL ASH dams have been at the centre of dust-ups between power stations, environmental groups and health advocates for decades, but a proposal to see the dams emptied could also lead to more jobs in the big smoke.
As Origin plans to shutter its Eraring power station seven years earlier than expected in 2025, questions have been raised about what plans - if any - there are to deal with the roughly 100 million tonnes of coal ash waste dumped in unlined sites from not only Eraring but stations across the Hunter and Central Coast.
