Coal Ash Spill

Coal-State Lawmakers Want To Ignore This Danger

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Coal Plants, Environmental Protection Agency, Ben Nelson, Rob Portman, Mike Enzi, Kent Conrad, Environmental Integrity Project, John Boozman, Coal Ash, Kingston Fossil Plant, Coal Ash Spill, Joe Manchin, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coal Mining, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

Just days before the three-year anniversary of the devastating dike failure at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant, the Environment...

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Another Coal Ash Spill -- This Time in Lake Michigan

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Epa, Energy, Politics, Environmental Health, Environment, Coal Ash, Pollution, Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, Toxic Coal Ash, Green News

Monday's Lake Michigan coal ash collapse shows that states are not protecting our health and our environment from cancer-causing coal ash, and as long as EPA fails to act, there will be more coal ash destruction.

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Coal Ash: Let Your Voice Be Heard

Harmon Leon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Ash Spill, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Coal Ash, Epa, Bp, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News

What is coal ash and why should we be concerned?

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Coal Ash On 60 Minutes: Lax Coal Ash Recycling Practices "An Outrage"

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Lisa Jackson, Coal Ash Recycling, 60 Minutes, Epa, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Toxins, Coal Ash Filler, Coal Ash Spill, TVA Disaster, Coal, Green News

Lesley Stahl on Sunday's 60 Minutes did an in-depth look at the problems with the by-products of coal production, commonly known as coal ash. Coal ash...

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One Year Later, TVA Coal Ash Spill Problems Still Far From Over

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Ash Spill Anniversary, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Green News

A year ago, a massive coal ash spill took place in Tennessee. About 5.4 million cubic yards of ash ended up in a river and covering the private proper...

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TVA Ignored Ash Spill Warnings FOR 20 YEARS

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TVA Report, Tva Ignored Warnings, Coal Ash Spill, Tennessee Valley Authority, Ash Spill Warnings, Tva, Green News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Valley Authority failed for more than 20 years to heed warnings that might have prevented a massive coal ash sp...

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EPA Reveals Dangerous Coal Ash Sites

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Earthjustice, Tennessee Coal Ash, Epa, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, Green News

Map Data : Contribute data : The Environmental Protection Agency released on Monday afternoon a list of 44 "high hazard potential" coal ash sites ...

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Old Habits Die Hard

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Bill, Congressman Jerry Lewis, Coal Ash Spill, Big Coal, Solar Power, Green News

And although we are seeing real leadership from the Obama administration on coal issues, Big Coal implanted itself deep in the federal bureaucracy during the Bush years, and it still has powerful allies it can call on.

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We Are Here For Your Protection

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Coal, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Coal Spill, Department of Homeland Security, Kingston Fossil, Senator Barbara Boxer, Coal Ash Spill, Coal Ash Dumps, Politics News

Saying something is for the "protection" of the American people is usually code for "covering our own asses." The recent coal ash spill in Tennessee was 100 times worse than the Exxon-Valdez spill.

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Coal Ash Spills Too Dangerous To Reveal To Public, Says DHS (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Barbara Boxer, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, Dhs, Green News

Just how bad has the coal ash situation gotten in the United States? So bad that the Department of Homeland Security has told Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Ca...

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Finally Standards for Coal Ash... Just in Time?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hazardous Waste, Environmental Regulations, Coal Waste Storage, Coal Ash Spill, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Nonhazardous Waste, Green News

Dr. Bill Chameides is the dean of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He blogs regu...

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A View to a Spill: Coal Ash Slideshow

Rob Perks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Mountaintop Removal, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Tennessee Coal Ash, Tennessee, Environment, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, Coal, Tva, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

It's one thing for a group of scientists to suggest turning lemons into lemonade in the case of the TVA spill, but the folks living this nightmare don't seem to like the sour taste. Who can blame them?

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TVA Downplays Tennessee Coal Ash Spill

Rob Perks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TVA Spill, Coal Ash Pollution, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Coal Ash Dumps, Tva, Toxic Coal Ash, TVA Sludge, Tennessee, Tennessee Coal Spill, Environment, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, TVA Disaster, Green News

A TVA memo scooped by the AP confirms what locals have been saying in the wake of the catastrophe, that TVA is more concerned with covering up than cleaning up its mess.

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Coal is Dirty From Start to Finish

Sandra Diaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dirty Coal, Alternative Energy, Activism, Renewable Energy, Coal Ash Spill, Green Energy, Coal, Energy Policy, Energy, Paul Hawken, TVA Disaster, Tva, US Energy Policy, 100 Days, Green News

If the mining of coal is dirty, the burning of coal is dirty, and the waste left over from burning and processing coal is dirty, what's the solution?

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Millions Of Tons Of Toxic Coal Ash Piling Up Across US

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Ash, Toxic Coal Ash, Toxic Coal, Coal Ash Spill, Green News

WASHINGTON — Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a situation the government has long recognized a...

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Coal Ash Piling Up Most In Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia And Alabama

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Where Are Coal Ash Piles, Coal Ash Piles, Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, Environment, Kentucky, Coal Ash Spill, Pollution, Coal, Indiana, Green News

WASHINGTON — Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a situation the government has long recognized a...

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Hundreds Of Coal Ash Dumps Across US Lack Regulation

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Ash, Coal Ash Dump Regulation, Coal Ash Spill, Coal, Coal Ash Dumps, Green News

The coal ash pond that ruptured and sent a billion gallons of toxic sludge across 300 acres of East Tennessee last month was only one of more than 1,3...

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Canoeing Into Tennessee Coal Sludge (Video)

Sandra Diaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tennessee Coal Sludge, Video, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee, Roane County, Kingston Tennessee, Coal Ash Spill, Tva, Pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, Sandra Diaz, Green News

The irony of a TVA cop giving us citations for criminal trespassing, even though we were in U.S. Waters, while islands of toxic coal ash were sitting behind him, did not escape me.

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Governor On Coal Ash Spill: "Massive Disaster"

AP | BETH RUCKER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Pollutants, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Phil Bredesen, Coal Ash Spill, Pollution, Green News

KINGSTON, Tenn. — Tennessee's governor promised greater oversight of coal ash retention ponds Wednesday after viewing damage from a spill that r...

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Officials Urge Coal Ash-Affected Families To Avoid Arsenic-Filled Well Water

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arsenic, Water Pollutants, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

KINGSTON, Tenn. — Some water samples near a massive spill of coal ash in eastern Tennessee are showing high levels of arsenic, and state and fed...

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Tennessee Governor Bredesen To Tour Coal Sludge Site

wate.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Sludge, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Governor Bredeson, Coal Ash Spill, Pollution, Tva, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

According to his statement, the governor says he "fully expects TVA to fulfill its pledge to take all appropriate actions to assist those affected and...

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Tennessee Coal Ash Spill Before And After -- And What's Next

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Industry, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Coal Ash Spill, #Coalash, Tva, Pollution, Coal Spill, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Coal Spill, Green News

The online environmental community is abuzz with reports of all kinds about the coal ash sludge spill in Tennessee, ranging from first-hand accounts t...

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Coal Ash Spill In Tennessee Much Larger Than Initially Estimated

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Ash, Tennessee, Coal Ash Spill, Coal Spill, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA Kingston, Green News

A coal ash spill that blanketed residential neighborhoods and contaminated nearby rivers in Roane County, Tenn., earlier this week is more than three ...

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