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Exposure To TVA Coal Spill Could Have 'Severe Health Implications'

Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

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Duke University press release: Durham, NC -- A report by Duke University scientists who analyzed water and ash samples from last month's coal sludg...

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Coal Waste in Rep. Nick Joe Rahall's Water

Dave Cooper | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Prenter, Coal Ash, Mountaintop Removal, Tva, Slurry, Rawl, Coal Waste, Rahall, TVA Spill, Poverty, US Poverty, Big Coal, West Virginia, Coal, TVA Coal, Unsafe Drinking Water, Video, Tennessee, Water, Environment, Kentucky, TVA Disaster, Green News
Dave Cooper

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 02.27.2009 | Green

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
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.

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Tennessee Coal Ash Spill Threatens Animals

news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Water, Tennessee Coal Spill, Environment, Coal Ash, Pollution, Animals, Tva, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

"Already mussels, snails, and aquatic species are in grave danger, but no one seems to be talking about it." Other local animals that could be affect...

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The Crumbling Clean Coal Myth

New York Times | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Barbara Boxer, Clean Coal, Coal Ash Regulation, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Ash, Pollution, Tva, Green Politics, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

A month of negative news for the Tennessee Valley Authority could lead to positive changes in national policy, including federal regulation of toxic c...

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Coal Industry Pressured Browner Into Ignoring Coal Ash 8 Years Ago

American News Project | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Carol Browner, Coal Sludge, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Coal Ash, Pollution, Tva, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

In March of 2000, during the last days of the Clinton administration, the EPA decided coal ash was a hazardous waste. Then, two months later, it flipp...

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TVA Doublespeak Translated: "We Must Stress the Fish"

Dave Cooper | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

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Dave Cooper

TVA seems determined to bury the public in confusing technical jargon. What everyone wants to know is: is my family going to get sick or get cancer and die if we drink our tap water?

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Lisa Jackson: Science Will Rule At New EPA

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Pollution, Lisa Jackson, Lisa Jackson Confirmation Hearing, Epa, Obama's Cabinet, Coal Ash, Coal, Energy Policy, Green News

WASHINGTON — Coal ash spilled onto Barack Obama's agenda Wednesday when his pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency spoke of possibly re...

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Millions Of Tons Of Toxic Coal Ash Piling Up Across US

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 02.10.2009 | Green

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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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Oklahoma Sen. Inhofe Walks Out on TVA Disaster Hearings

Dave Cooper | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Tennessee, Coal Ash, Inhofe, Slurry, Tva, Kingston, Sludge, Coal Ash Pollution, James Inhofe, Crandall Canyon Disaster, Polluted Groundwater, Crandall Canyon, Murray Energy, Polluted Drinking Water, Kingston Disaster, Coal Ash Arsenic Contamination, Murray Energy Safety Record, Tom Kilgore, Coal Ash Kingston, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Dave Cooper

Did Sen. Inhofe have an important engagement -- something more important than the problem of one million pounds of arsenic being dumped in our drinking water?

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Household Trash is Managed Better Than The TVA's Coal Ash

Frances Beinecke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, EPA Rules, Epa, Clean Coal, Coal Industry, Big Coal, Coal Ash, Drinking Water, Tva, TVA Disaster, TVA Kingston, Toxins, Coal Ash Pollution, Contaminated Groundwater, Contaminated Drinking Water, Green News
Frances Beinecke

While your municipal government does a good job of handling your trash, the Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to protect Americans from hazardous waste. Coal ash fits the bill.

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Hundreds Of Coal Ash Dumps Across US Lack Regulation

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

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

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

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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... And Now For Some Good News From TVA

Dave Cooper | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green

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Dave Cooper

According to the Tennessee Valley Authority, the 5-story tall mountain of coal waste didn't collapse into the river like a tsunami of sludge -- no, it was "displaced."

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Coal Ash Spill In Tennessee Much Larger Than Initially Estimated

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 01.26.2009 | Green

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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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Tennessee Coal Ash Brought Tidings Of Lead, Selenium, Arsenic

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 01.26.2009 | Green

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Federal studies have long shown coal ash to contain significant quantities of heavy metals like arsenic, lead and selenium, which can cause cancer and...

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Ash Christmas: Yesterday's TVA Coal Disaster is Toxic Wake Up Call to Nation

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Carol Browner, Dirty Coal, Clean Coal, Big Coal, Environment, Stephen Chu, Coal Ash, Cancer, TVA Disaster, Barack Obama, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Coal ash contains mercury, lead, and arsenic. Nearly 800 Olympic-size swimming pools of that toxic mix are flowing into the waterways of Tennessee right now.

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