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Erin Brockovich To Visit Coal Ash Spill Site

Huffington Post | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green


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

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

AP | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green


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...

Tennessee Governor Bredesen To Tour Coal Sludge Site

wate.com | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green


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...

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

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green


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...

... And Now For Some Good News From TVA

Dave Cooper | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green


Dave Cooper

According to the Tennessee Valley Authority, the 5-story tall mountain of coal waste didn't collapse into the river like a tsunami of sludge -- no, it was "displaced."

Massive Coal Sludge Spill Devastates Tennessee Town

Treehugger | Matthew Mcdermott | Posted 01.24.2009 | Green


An environmental disaster of epic proportions just happened in Tennessee. Monday night 2.6 million cubic yards (the equivalent of 525.2 million gallon...

As Bush Lifts Restrictions on Offshore Drilling, We Need a TVA for Oil/Gas Production

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Raymond J. Learsy

The creation of a "National Oil/Gas Production Authority," with responsibility to explore and develop oil, gas and shale oil deposits on national lands and the Continental Shelf would be a boon to the nation.

East Tennessee: Conservative and Green

Kayla Webley | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home


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.