Tva Spill

Tennessee Valley Authority Fined $11.5 Million For 'Unprecedented' Coal Ash Spill

AP | BILL POOVEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority has been hit with penalties totaling $11.5 million for the December 2008 coal ash spill at o...

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Questions & Concerns Linger Over the TVA Spill

Bruce Nilles | Posted 05.25.2011

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"It's like trying to get all the sand off a beach," said Sarah McCoin, member of the Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Network, of the TVA's cleanup efforts.

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Three Lessons We Still Haven't Learned 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

J.S. McDougall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Take a 10 minute break today, on the anniversary of one of the most tragic--and still unresolved--environmental disasters of our modern energy age to reflect on three lessons.

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Mike Duncan, TVA's New Chairman

Yahoo! Finance | Posted 05.25.2011

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Though it has tried to fight an image as a refuge for the politically connected, the leadership of the Tennessee Valley Autho...

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Why Was Coal Sludge Story Big On Twitter, Small On National Sources?

Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three days before Christmas, a billion gallons of liquefied coal ash poured out through a broken retaining wall, inundating fifteen homes, covering hu...

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Describing the Devastation of Mountaintop Mining

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.25.2011

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We also need to cap carbon and make coal pay its true price so that clean energy can compete with it. NRDC will be working on all of that.

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Coal Waste in Rep. Nick Joe Rahall's Water

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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The coal industry doesn't want any regulation on coal waste, because it would hurt their corporate profits.

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TVA Downplays Tennessee Coal Ash Spill

Rob Perks | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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TVA: Water Tests From Second Spill Show No Major Problems

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 05.25.2011

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The nation's largest public utility said Monday tests showed slightly elevated levels of contaminants in the Tennessee River ...

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Group Calls On TVA To Cover Spill Victims' Medical Costs

switchboard.nrdc.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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That massive spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant, which flooded over 400 acres with 1 billion gallons of toxic coal ...

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TVA Disaster Spreads Far and Wide

Erin Brockovich and Robin Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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It occurred to me that maybe more was going on at the site of the 1.1 billion gallon coal ash spill in Tennessee than what I could gather from the news. With an invitation from the community, I decided to make the trip to the disaster site.

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TVA Found In Violation Of Tennessee Water Quality Act

knoxnews.com | Ron Clayton News@knoxnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Tennessee Valley Authority was found in violation of the state's Water Quality Control Act of 1977 after sludge from the No. 3 Ocoee Dam was relea...

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SECOND TVA SPILL: Dam Breaks At Alabama Coal Plant

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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AP reports on a second TVA spill: The Tennessee Valley Authority says a waste pond at its Widows Creek power plant in northeast Alabama has ruptured ...

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Who Got Coal in Their Stockings?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

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The massive... spill of coal ash at the Kingston Power plant in Tennessee devastated homes, covered hundreds of acres, and threatens rivers, wildlife, and drinking-water sources.

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Estimate Of Coal Sludge Spill Size Doubled

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 05.25.2011

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities need to more strongly warn residents that muck left from a major coal-ash spill in eastern Tennessee could pose h...

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