A year ago, a massive coal ash spill took place in Tennessee. About 5.4 million cubic yards of ash ended up in a river and covering the private proper...
Bruce Nilles | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
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.
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 ...
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green
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...
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...
Carl Pope | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green
We need to act quickly to educate members of the Senate that coal ash is a hazardous substance and should be regulated as such.
David Roberts | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green
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.
Rob Perks | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
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.
Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green
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.
Rob Perks | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green
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?
Peter Lehner | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green
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.
Posted 03.02.2009 | Green
Duke University press release: Durham, NC -- A report by Duke University scientists who analyzed water and ash samples from last month's coal sludg...
Mother Nature Network | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green
Three days before Christmas, a billion gallons of liquefied coal ash poured out through a broken retaining wall, inundating fifteen homes, covering hu...
Javier Sierra | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
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.
AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green
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 "...
AP | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Two Tennessee congressmen say they are seeking $25 million from a federal economic stimulus bill to help pay for cleaning u...
Rob Perks | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green
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.
New York Times | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green
A month of negative news for the Tennessee Valley Authority could lead to positive changes in national policy, including federal regulation of toxic c...
American News Project | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green
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...
switchboard.nrdc.org | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green
Turns out that this public agency -- the Tennessee Valley Authority -- is not at all interested in hearing from the public. Yesterday morning, NRDC i...
knoxnews.com | Matt Lakin | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green
"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....
AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The state of Tennessee demanded answers and cooperation Tuesday from the nation's largest public utility in the aftermath of ...
Erin Brockovich and Robin Greenwald | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
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.
switchboard.nrdc.org | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
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 ...
Brian Keane | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
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 ...
treehugger.com | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green