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Weekly Mulch: When Will Our Water Be Clean?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger Ed. Note: The Mulch is participating in Blog Action Day 2010, an initiative led by Media Consortium member...

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BP: Come for the Gulf Disaster, Stay for the Great Lakes Pollution

John DeCock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benzene, Bp, Ammonia, Sludge, Water, Bp Whiting Refinery, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Deep Water Horizon, Green News
John DeCock

British Petroleum didn't just fall out of the sky one day and decide to start polluting the Gulf of Mexico. Oh no, they've been at this a while and their exploits are not confined to destroying important ocean ecosystems with risky, unsafe technology.

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TVA Doublespeak Translated: "We Must Stress the Fish"

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tennessee, Coal Ash, Harriman, Slurry, Tva, Kingston, Coal, Sludge, Green News
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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Oklahoma Sen. Inhofe Walks Out on TVA Disaster Hearings

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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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... And Now For Some Good News From TVA

Dave Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Coal, Sludge, Environment, Coal Ash, Tennessee, Tva, Slurry, Kingston, Harriman, Green News
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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Massive Coal Sludge Spill Devastates Tennessee Town

Treehugger | Matthew Mcdermott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sludge, Tennessee, Toxic Coal, Tva, TVA Disaster, Coal Power Plant, Coal Sludge Spill, TVA Kingston, Green News

An environmental disaster of epic proportions just happened in Tennessee. Monday night 2.6 million cubic yards (the equivalent of 525.2 million gallon...

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