Federal Survey Finds Coal Ash Sites In 35 States
WASHINGTON — (AP) The toxic leftovers from burning coal for power are sitting in nearly 600 sites in 35 states, according to a federal survey re...
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TVA Ignored Ash Spill Warnings FOR 20 YEARS
AP | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Valley Authority failed for more than 20 years to heed warnings that might have prevented a massive coal ash sp...
We Are Here For Your Protection
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
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Saying something is for the "protection" of the American people is usually code for "covering our own asses." The recent coal ash spill in Tennessee was 100 times worse than the Exxon-Valdez spill.
TVA Sheepishly Investing In Renewables Now
AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 05.03.2009 | Green
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — In the face of looming legislative pressures for cleaner energy, the nation's largest public utility agreed Thursday to bu...
TVA Spill Victims Get Bids For Their Houses
wbir.com | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green
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Nearly two months after the fact, the Tennessee Valley Authority is still only beginning to sort out the damage caused by a massive spill of toxic coa...
Mike Duncan, TVA's New Chairman
Yahoo! Finance | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Though it has tried to fight an image as a refuge for the politically connected, the leadership of the Tennessee Valley Autho...
A View to a Spill: Coal Ash Slideshow
Rob Perks | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green
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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?
Describing the Devastation of Mountaintop Mining
Peter Lehner | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green
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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.
TVA Downplays Tennessee Coal Ash Spill
Rob Perks | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green
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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.
Tennessee Coal Ash Spill Threatens Animals
news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green
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"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...
The Crumbling Clean Coal Myth
New York Times | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green
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A month of negative news for the Tennessee Valley Authority could lead to positive changes in national policy, including federal regulation of toxic c...
Coal Industry Pressured Browner Into Ignoring Coal Ash 8 Years Ago
American News Project | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green
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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...
TVA Would Rather Not Hear From You About The Coal Spill
switchboard.nrdc.org | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green
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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...
Will Coal Spill Victims Be OK? "No One Can Give Me An Answer"
knoxnews.com | Matt Lakin | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green
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"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....
Tennessee Demands Details On TVA Coal Sludge Cleanup
AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The state of Tennessee demanded answers and cooperation Tuesday from the nation's largest public utility in the aftermath of ...
TVA Disaster Spreads Far and Wide
Erin Brockovich and Robin Greenwald | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
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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.
Group Calls On TVA To Cover Spill Victims' Medical Costs
switchboard.nrdc.org | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
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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 ...
TVA Found In Violation Of Tennessee Water Quality Act
knoxnews.com | Ron Clayton News@knoxnews.com | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
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The Tennessee Valley Authority was found in violation of the state's Water Quality Control Act of 1977 after sludge from the No. 3 Ocoee Dam was relea...
TVA: Water Tests From Second Spill Show No Major Problems
AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The nation's largest public utility said Monday tests showed slightly elevated levels of contaminants in the Tennessee River ...
Two Spills Rattle Public's Faith In Tennessee Valley Authority
AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green
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STEVENSON, Ala. — Standing on a porch near the Widows Creek power plant Saturday, Charlie Cookston took a drag off a cigarette and ticked off th...
Water Contaminated By Tennessee Ash Spill To Be Tested
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 02.10.2009 | Green
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The Mountain Times reports that two local organizations will test the water contaminated by the toxic ash spill by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Th...
Another TVA Ash Spill
A. Siegel | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
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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.
Ocoee River Gets Gift Of Sludge From TVA, Too
tennessean.com | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
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TVA has released muddy sludge once again, this time on the Ocoee River in East Tennessee. Efforts to repair one of a series of dams on the river rele...
SECOND TVA SPILL: Dam Breaks At Alabama Coal Plant
AP | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
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AP reports on a second TVA spill: The Tennessee Valley Authority says a waste pond at its Widows Creek power plant in northeast Alabama has ruptured ...
Rep. Zach Wamp Calls Tennessee Spill "Katrina-Like"
AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green
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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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