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KINGSTON, Tenn. — Smokestack scrubbers will eliminate most of the sulfur emissions from the coal-fired Kingston Fossil Plant, but they will also...
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Echoes of a Distant Crash
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
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Eighty years ago this week, an enormous sound emanated from lower Manhattan and began to spread in waves across the nation and, eventually, the world.
Breaking: Suit Cites Chronic Pizarchik Failure: Millions Call for OSM Nominee Withdraw
Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green
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Pizarchik's hearing on Tuesday will be a litmus test of the Obama administration's--and the US Senate's--commitment to appointing and confirming agency directors who believe in science and law in our nation's coalfields.
Tennessee Group Invites Pro-Coal Fisherman to TVA Disaster
Dave Cooper | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green
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The TVA disaster -- over 100 times larger than the 12-million gallon Exxon Valdez spill -- is considered by environmentalists to be the world's worst environmental disaster since Chernobyl.
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...
Coal Ash Sites Kept Secret, While Industry Works to Prevent Regulations
Bruce Nilles | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green
If you lived near a dump site where the hazardous waste was so toxic it could increase your cancer risk to as high as a staggering 1 in 50, wouldn't you want to know about it?
EPA Taking Over Cleanup of Tennessee Coal Ash Disaster
Rob Perks | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
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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.
Coal Ash Clean-Up: EPA To Oversee TVA Disaster Recovery
AP | DUNCAN MANSFIELD | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will oversee the cleanup of a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee that brought natio...
Questions & Concerns Linger Over the TVA Spill
Bruce Nilles | Posted 05.04.2009 | Green
"It's like trying to get all the sand off a beach," said Sarah McCoin, member of the Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Network, of the TVA's cleanup efforts.
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...
Tennessee Rep: Earthquake Caused TVA Disaster
Dave Cooper | Posted 04.07.2009 | Green
Knoxville, Tennessee State Representative Frank Nicely is the kind of guy who says what he thinks -- no matter what the facts say.
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.
Exposure To TVA Coal Spill Could Have 'Severe Health Implications'
Posted 03.02.2009 | Green
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Duke University press release: Durham, NC -- A report by Duke University scientists who analyzed water and ash samples from last month's coal sludg...
Why Was Coal Sludge Story Big On Twitter, Small On National Sources?
Mother Nature Network | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green
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Three days before Christmas, a billion gallons of liquefied coal ash poured out through a broken retaining wall, inundating fifteen homes, covering hu...
Coal is Dirty. Period.
Javier Sierra | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
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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.
Coal Waste in Rep. Nick Joe Rahall's Water
Dave Cooper | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green
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The coal industry doesn't want any regulation on coal waste, because it would hurt their corporate profits.
TVA PR Memo Shows Company "Whittled Away" Descriptions Of Coal Spill
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 "...
Tenn. Congressmen Seek $25M In Stimulus For Coal Cleanup
AP | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Two Tennessee congressmen say they are seeking $25 million from a federal economic stimulus bill to help pay for cleaning u...
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...
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