Tennessee Coal Sludge

Where the Climate Movement Gets a Win: Time to Crack Down on Toxic Coal Ash

Liz Butler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liz Butler

The more concerned citizens speak out, the harder it will be for Dirty Coal to protect their profits at the expense of our health and safety.

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TVA Would Rather Not Hear From You About The Coal Spill

switchboard.nrdc.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Rep. Zach Wamp Calls Tennessee Spill "Katrina-Like"

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said Thursday they want stricter rules for toxic ash from coal-fired power plants following a massive spill in Ten...

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Canoeing Into Tennessee Coal Sludge (Video)

Sandra Diaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tennessee Coal Sludge, Video, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee, Roane County, Kingston Tennessee, Coal Ash Spill, Tva, Pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, Sandra Diaz, Green News
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.

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FEDS AGREE: Too Much Arsenic In Tennessee Coal Spill Water

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KINGSTON, Tenn. — Federal data shows arsenic levels more than 100 times the acceptable amount in a river near a massive coal ash spill in East T...

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Tennesseans With Sludge-Destroyed Property: "Clean Coal Is A Myth" (VIDEO)

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 05.25.2011

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KINGSTON, Tenn. -- The CEO and president of the nation's largest public utility vowed to clean up a community encased in sludge after a major coal ash...

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