Lesley Ash

Coal ash, a byproduct of coal power plants, is being recycled in dozens of ways and used in products. How safe are these products? Lesley Stahl talks to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson.

If coal ash is safe to spread under a golf course or be used in carpets, why are the residents of Kingston, Tenn., being told to stay out of a river where the material was spilled? Lesley Stahl reports. Sunday, Aug. 15, 7 p.m. ET/PT.

If coal ash is safe to spread under a golf course or be used in carpets, why are the residents a Tenn. town being told to stay out of a river where the material was spilled? Lesley Stahl reports.

If coal ash is safe to spread under a golf course or be used in carpets, why are the residents of Kingston, Tenn., being told to stay out of a river where the material was spilled? Lesley Stahl reports.