Tva Coal Ash Pond Disaster

Tennessee Valley Authority Fined $11.5 Million For 'Unprecedented' Coal Ash Spill

AP | BILL POOVEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tennessee Coal Spill, Tennessee Coal Ash, TVA Coal Ash Pond Disaster, Green News, TVA Spill, TVA Coal Ash, TVA Disaster, Tva, TVA Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority has been hit with penalties totaling $11.5 million for the December 2008 coal ash spill at o...

Read Whole Story

Congress Gets in the Act on Coal Ash

Rob Perks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kingston, Epa, Congress, Tennessee, Coalspill, Coalash, Tennesseevalleyauthority, Dirty Coal, TVA Coal Ash Pond Disaster, Green News
Rob Perks

Kudos to Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) for bird-dogging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the need to regulate pollution from coal-fired power plants.

Read Post

Obama's First 100 Days of Coal: A Few Honest Words, Please

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Solar, Green Jobs, TVA Coal Ash Pond Disaster, Renewable Energy, Wind, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Offshore Wind, Coal, Barack Obama, Department of the Interior, Epa, Biomass, Climate Change, Nancy Pelosi, James Hansen, Harry Reid, Mountaintop Removal, Ken Salazar, Lisa Jackson, Green Energy, Capitol Power Plant, Global Warming, Energy Debates, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Let's hope the next 100 days bring us a real green jobs package for the coalfields.

Read Post

Earth Day Atonement: 10 Environmental Disasters to Remember

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Bhopal, Dirty Coal, Buffalo Creek Disaster, Species, Extinction, TVA Coal Ash Pond Disaster, Uranium, Love Canal, Donora Smog, Mountaintop Removal, Black Mesa, Coal, Environmental Disaster, Exxonmobil, Native People, Earth Day, Climate Change, Global Warming, Earth Day 2009, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Ten tragic lessons in our nation's environmental history that should never be forgotten. And one climate destabilization tragedy in the making that needs our urgent help.

Read Post