A new report from Wake Forest University concludes that coal ash waste from Duke Energy’s Sutton coal plant in Wilmington, NC, is elevating levels of selenium pollution in nearby Sutton Lake. Selenium has been linked to deformities in fish — including two-headed trout — and can cause a condition known as selenosis if people consume high enough doses in their food or drinking water.

Detroit is eligible to shed billions in debt in the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history, a judge said Tuesday in a long-awaited decision that now shifts the case toward how the city will accomplish that task. Despite his finding, the judge cautioned everyone that he won't automatically approve pension cuts that could be part of Detroit's eventual plan to get out of bankruptcy.