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Tennessee Coal Ash

Coal's Ash Is on the Line

Bruce Nilles | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Coal Ash, Coal, Epa Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, The EPA, Green News
Bruce Nilles

Nearly a hundred million tons of toxic coal ash and related coal combustion wastes pile up in unlined ponds and pits across the U.S. every year, the second largest solid waste stream in the nation.

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EPA Reveals Dangerous Coal Ash Sites

Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

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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Green News Report - June 23, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Big Oil, Tennessee Coal Ash, Waxman-Markey, Uranium Mining, Exxon Mobil, Environment, Green News, Climate Change, Food Recall, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT:: Saving the planet on less than 50 cents a day!; Energy companies sued for conspiracy; Do not ask for whom the Toll House co...

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

Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

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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The Empire Strikes Back

Carl Pope | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Climate Bill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Utility Companies, TVA Kingston, Green News
Carl Pope

We need to act quickly to educate members of the Senate that coal ash is a hazardous substance and should be regulated as such.

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Debate: Roberts v. 'Clean Coal' Flack Joe Lucas

David Roberts | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, Clean Coal, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Big Coal, Coal Industry, Tennessee Coal Ash, Renewable Energy, Coal, America's Power, Dirty Coal, Joe Lucas, Mountaintop Removal, Tennessee Coal Spill, Coal Ash, Spin, Climate Change, Coal Mining, Green News
David Roberts

There was an online debate between me and Joe Lucas, spokesflack for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. When he received my questions, he ran off like a pansy.

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EPA Taking Over Cleanup of Tennessee Coal Ash Disaster

Rob Perks | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Tva, Energy, Dirty Coal, Epa Coal, Coal Industry, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Tennessee, Coal Ash, Coal Spill, Coal, Green News
Rob Perks

This is yet another example of the Obama EPA taking responsible action to return the agency to its core mission -- that of protecting America's natural resources and safeguarding public health.

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ATTN Matthew Wald at the NY Times: Does This Look Like "Environment-Friendly" Coal to You?!

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Mountaintop Removal, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, New York Times, Climate Change, Matthew Wald, Coal, Clean Coal Myth, Global Warming, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

If we want to truly clean up coal, it's time to start with these three policies, each taking a major step to clean up one stage of the dirty-as-can-be coal life-cycle.

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A View to a Spill: Coal Ash Slideshow

Rob Perks | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

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
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?

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Describing the Devastation of Mountaintop Mining

Peter Lehner | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Tennessee Coal Ash, Renewable Energy, Fertility, Animals, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Mountains, Trees, Mountaintop Removal, Grass, Tennessee, Topsoil, Kentucky, Coal Mining, TVA Spill, Toxic, Clean Coal, Carbon Emissions, Nrdc, Environmentalism, Winter, Tva, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bush Administration, Mining, Tennessee Coal Spill, Land, Environment, TVA Disaster, Valleys, Green News
Peter Lehner

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

Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

Read More: TVA Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Ash Exposure, Coal Spill Exposure, Coal Ash, Coal, Tva, Green News

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

Mother Nature Network | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Mainstream Media, TVA Spill, Twitter, Water, Tennessee Coal Ash, New York Times, Pollution, Tva, Coal, Green News

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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Coal is Dirty. Period.

Javier Sierra | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Sierra Club, Environmental Justice, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Obama Inauguration, Javier Sierra, Environment, Renewable Energy, Hispanic Voters, Obama, Tva, Green News
Javier Sierra

The coal industry has been behaving irresponsibly for decades. Each year, coal-fired power plants cause 21,000 hospitalizations, 38,000 heart attacks and 24,000 unnecessary deaths.

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TVA PR Memo Shows Company "Whittled Away" Descriptions Of Coal Spill

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Clean Coal, TVA Memo, Tennessee Coal Ash, Fly Ash, Tva, Coal, Green News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The massive coal ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant last month wasn't so much "catastrophic" as it was a "...

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Tenn. Congressmen Seek $25M In Stimulus For Coal Cleanup

AP | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Coal, Coal, Energy, Fly Ash, Tennessee Coal Ash, Tva, Zach Wamp, Lincoln Davis, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Politics, Stimulus Bill, Green News

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Two Tennessee congressmen say they are seeking $25 million from a federal economic stimulus bill to help pay for cleaning u...

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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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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 Would Rather Not Hear From You About The Coal Spill

switchboard.nrdc.org | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Tennessee Coal Sludge, Water, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Spill Victims, Pollution, Tva, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

Turns out that this public agency -- the Tennessee Valley Authority -- is not at all interested in hearing from the public. Yesterday morning, NRDC i...

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Will Coal Spill Victims Be OK? "No One Can Give Me An Answer"

knoxnews.com | Matt Lakin | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Spill Victims, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tva, Green News

"When you're living in it, you want to know if you're going to be OK," she said. "That's been my question all along, and no one can give me an answer....

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Tennessee Demands Details On TVA Coal Sludge Cleanup

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Tva, Phil Bredesen, Tennesee Coal Spill, Coal, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, TVA Cleanup, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tom Kilgore, Environment, Pollution, Green News

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The state of Tennessee demanded answers and cooperation Tuesday from the nation's largest public utility in the aftermath of ...

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TVA Disaster Spreads Far and Wide

Erin Brockovich and Robin Greenwald | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: TVA Spill, Disaster Relief, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Tennessee, Erin Brockovich Tva, Erin Brockovich, Green, Environment, Erin Brokovich Coal Spill, TVA Disaster, Tva, TVA Coal, Erin Brockovich Tennessee, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News
Erin Brockovich and Robin Greenwald

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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Group Calls On TVA To Cover Spill Victims' Medical Costs

switchboard.nrdc.org | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, TVA Spill, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Ocoee River Sludge Dump, Waterboarding, Pollution, Coal, Tva, Tennessee Valley Authority, Ocoee River, Green News

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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A Message to Congress: Energy Smart Programs Will Save the Economy

Brian Keane | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment and Government, Energy Efficiency, Congress, Alternative Energy, Green News, Clean Energy, Green Living, Green Energy, Barack Obama, Tom Friedman, Obama Energy Policy, Clean Coal, Obama Green, Tennessee Coal Ash, Nuclear Energy, Green Building, Obama Administration Environmental Policy, Obama Job Creation, TVA Kingston, Obama Green Infrastructure, Obama Environment, Japan Earthquake, Job Creation, Retrofitting Buildings, Green News
Brian Keane

Despite Friday's piece in the Times, there seems to be a growing consensus around Washington that the road to our nation's economic salvation will be ...

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Another TVA Ash Spill

A. Siegel | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Widows Creek, Pollution, Coal, Tva, Tennessee Valley Authority, Video, Green News
A. Siegel

For Christmas, rather than Clean Coal carolers, too many in Tennessee were serenaded with evacuation notices and concerns about drinking water due to the massive Kingston ash pond rupture.

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