Coal Ash Spill

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

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green


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...

TVA Ignored Ash Spill Warnings FOR 20 YEARS

AP | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green


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...

EPA Reveals Dangerous Coal Ash Sites

Posted 07.30.2009 | Green


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

Old Habits Die Hard

Carl Pope | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

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.

We Are Here For Your Protection

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics


Allison Kilkenny

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.

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

Posted 07.13.2009 | Green


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...

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

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green


Bill Chameides

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...

A View to a Spill: Coal Ash Slideshow

Rob Perks | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green


Rob Perks

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?

TVA Downplays Tennessee Coal Ash Spill

Rob Perks | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green


Rob Perks

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.

Coal is Dirty From Start to Finish

Sandra Diaz | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green


Sandra Diaz

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?

Millions Of Tons Of Toxic Coal Ash Piling Up Across US

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 02.10.2009 | Green


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...

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

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


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...

Hundreds Of Coal Ash Dumps Across US Lack Regulation

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green


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...

Canoeing Into Tennessee Coal Sludge (Video)

Sandra Diaz | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green


Sandra Diaz

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.

Governor On Coal Ash Spill: "Massive Disaster"

AP | BETH RUCKER | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green


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

Tennessee Governor Bredesen To Tour Coal Sludge Site

wate.com | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green


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...

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

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green


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...

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

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green


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...

Coal Ash Spill In Tennessee Much Larger Than Initially Estimated

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 01.26.2009 | Green


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