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TVA Board Members' Donations To Lamar Alexander

Nashville Is Talking | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Tennessee Coal Ash, Tennessee Coal Spill, Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, TVA Board of Directors, Tva, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

As I looked at the political contributions made by the Tennessee Valley Authority Board Members, one recipient kept coming up over and over: Sen. Lama...

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Tennessee Coal Sludge Disaster: Think This Could Not Happen to You? Think Again.

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee, Environment, 1sky, Clean Coal Myth, Tennessee Valley Authority, Coal Sludge Spill, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

The Tennessee coal ash spill was a man-made disaster that is directly tied to our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Tom Kilgore, TVA CEO, Will Testify Before Congress Over "Exaggerated Deference"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Tom Kilgore, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, Exaggerated Deference, Environment, Bob Corker, Tva, Pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tom Kilgore Testimony, Tva Ceo, Green News

The major coal ash spill in Roane County, Tenn., which destroyed homes and has poisoned and gummed up portions of the Emory River, will get more natio...

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Canoeing Into Tennessee Coal Sludge (Video)

Sandra Diaz | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green

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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Exxon Valdez Survivor To Tennessee Coal Sludge Victims: Get Everything In Writing

Riki Ott | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Tennessee Coal Ash, Water, Pollution, Tva, Tennessee Valley Authority, Exxon Valdez, Tennessee Coal Spill, Green News

Open letter to Tennessee communities harmed by the coal ash spill By Riki Ott CORDOVA, Alaska -- I am sorry for your losses. These simple words wer...

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FEDS AGREE: Too Much Arsenic In Tennessee Coal Spill Water

AP | Posted 02.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Arsenic, Water, Environment, Tennessee Coal Sludge, Kingston Tennessee, Pollution, Tva, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Coal Spill, Green News

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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Erin Brockovich To Visit Coal Ash Spill Site

Huffington Post | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Erin Brockovich, Erin Brokovich Coal Spill, Pollution, Tva, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA Kingston, Erin Brockovich Tva, Green News

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Erin Brockovich, the famous environmental advocate and law expert, will be visiting Tennessee to investigate ...

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Landowners Sue Tennessee Valley Authority For $165M Over Coal Ash Spill

AP | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Tennessee Coal Ash, Tennessee Coal Spill, Environment, Pollution, Tva, TVA Lawsuit, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA Kingston, Green News

KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) -- A group of land owners sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for $165 million on Tuesday over a dike burst that spilled more tha...

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Tennessee Governor Bredesen To Tour Coal Sludge Site

wate.com | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal Sludge, Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Governor Bredeson, Coal Ash Spill, Pollution, Tva, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

According to his statement, the governor says he "fully expects TVA to fulfill its pledge to take all appropriate actions to assist those affected and...

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Tennessee Coal Ash Spill Before And After -- And What's Next

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal Industry, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Coal Ash Spill, #Coalash, Tva, Pollution, Coal Spill, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Coal Spill, Green News

The online environmental community is abuzz with reports of all kinds about the coal ash sludge spill in Tennessee, ranging from first-hand accounts t...

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Officials Urge Coal Ash-Affected Families To Avoid Arsenic-Filled Well Water

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Arsenic, Water Pollutants, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

KINGSTON, Tenn. — Some water samples near a massive spill of coal ash in eastern Tennessee are showing high levels of arsenic, and state and fed...

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Tennessee's Toxic Sludge Spill Estimate Worsens To 1 Billion Gallons

CNN | Posted 01.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Tennessee Valley Authority, Toxic Tennessee Spill, Tennessee Dam Burst, Tennessee Sludge Spill, Green News

Estimates for the amount of thick sludge that gushed from a Tennessee coal plant this week have tripled to more than a billion gallons, as cleanup cre...

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Estimate Of Coal Sludge Spill Size Doubled

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 01.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Sludge Spill, Coal Spill, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA Spill, Tennessee Coal Spill, Green News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities need to more strongly warn residents that muck left from a major coal-ash spill in eastern Tennessee could pose h...

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Coal Ash Spill In Tennessee Much Larger Than Initially Estimated

New York Times | SHAILA DEWAN | Posted 01.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal Ash, Tennessee, Coal Ash Spill, Coal Spill, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA Kingston, Green News

A coal ash spill that blanketed residential neighborhoods and contaminated nearby rivers in Roane County, Tenn., earlier this week is more than three ...

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Tennessee Dam Bursts, Hundreds Of Acres Flooded With Toxic Slurry Of Ash

AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 01.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Valley Authority Dam Breaks, Tennessee Dam Breaks, Tennessee Ash Flood, Green News

HARRIMAN, Tenn. — An earthen dam holding back a retention pond broke early Monday at a power plant run by the nation's largest public utility, r...

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This Moment Screams for Boldness, Not Piddling Plans During Obama's First 100 Days

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civilian Conservation Corps, U.S. Senate, Capitol Hill, Federal Emergency Relief Act, Wall Street, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Economy, U.S. House, New York Times, Congress, Emergency Banking Act, Barack Obama, Tennessee Valley Authority, Fdr, Great Depression, Obama Presidency, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

This moment during which the nation is suffering great economic peril pleads for political valor. This moment screams for boldness.

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Auto Industry Drops 32%; GM Plummets Over 45%

Steve Parker | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Automotive News, Suzuki, Chrysler, Epa, Thanksgiving, Honda, Cars, Atlanta, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Tennessee Valley Authority, General Motors, Ford Ecoboost Engine, Mini, Detroit Bailout, John McCain, Toyota, Gm, Opec, Detroit Three, Lexus, Chevrolet, GM Red Tag Sale, Porsche, Barack Obama, Mercury, Bush White House, Manhattan Project, Lincoln, Wpa, Sarah Palin, Bmw, Audi, Lincoln MKS, Isuzu, Business News
Steve Parker

Obama has consistently shown his support for an American car-making industry, a modern and green industry able to build the kinds of cars and trucks people will want to buy.

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East Tennessee: Conservative and Green

Kayla Webley | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Al Gore, George Thacker, Ronald Reagan, Green, Conservation, Conservative, Mary Sue Garrison, Tennessee Valley Authority, Republican, East Tennessee, Spring City, Watts Bar, Environment, Randy Gentry, Tva, Home News
Kayla Webley

In Republican-dominated East Tennessee conservation and environmentalism are propelled less by Al Gore-style inconvenient truths than by biblically mandated calls to stewardship.

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