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4,000 gallons of coal ash pour into Potomac River
Posted: March 12, 2009 Environmental

Washington lawmakers are now more in touch with the coal ash spill travesty that dumped more than a billion gallons of toxic material on to 300 acres of residential property in east Tennessee last December. Sunday night, a pipeline at

TVA granted permission to dredge Emory River
Posted: March 6, 2009 Environmental

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has been given permission to dredge the Emory River to remove ash that spilled into it after the utility’s coal ash pond failed last December and poured more than a billion gallons of toxic material

TVA releases details of coal ash spill cleanup plan
Posted: March 4, 2009 Environmental

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) this week released to state regulators its plan to clean up the mess it left behind when its Kingston, Tennessee, plant dumped 1.1 billion gallons of toxic mess in east Tennessee last December. The plan

Coal ash byproducts used in building supplies making people sick
Posted: February 27, 2009 Environmental

Florida homeowners have filed a class action suit against the manufacturers of a Chinese drywall company for using toxic fly ash in materials used to construct their homes. The fly ash was reportedly purchased from a Chinese power plant and

Officials in other states review safety of coal ash plants
Posted: February 23, 2009 Environmental

Coal ash ponds similar to the one at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) plant in Kingston, Tennessee that failed and poured more than a billion gallons of toxic material on to east Tennessee property, are located all across the country,

TVA coal ash victims testify about property, personal damages
Posted: February 19, 2009 Environmental

Residents of Roane County, Tennessee who experienced property damage or suffered health complications following the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) coal ash spill last December continue to give testimony to members of the Tennessee State House Environment Committee, according to MSNBC.

Toddler near coal ash spill site tests positive for heavy metal
Posted: February 18, 2009 Environmental

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) repeatedly told Penny Dodson that she and her 18-month-old grandson Evan would be safe. They live near the utility’s Kingston, Tennessee, plant where in December a coal ash pond failed and poured more than a billion

TVA calls coal ash spill disaster a ‘catastrophe’
Posted: February 17, 2009 Environmental

Nearly two months after a coal ash pond in Kingston, Tennessee, failed and poured 1.1 billion gallons of toxic material onto 300 acres of a rural east Tennessee community, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) finally admits it wishes it could

TVA cuts incentive programs for all employees
Posted: February 16, 2009 Environmental

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) employees from the highest ranking officers to the bottom-level employees will not receive annual incentive awards for the fiscal year in anticipation of increased expenses and plummeting revenues, according to a memo issued by the TVA

Congressional committee considers regulating coal ash ponds, landfills
Posted: February 14, 2009 Environmental

December’s devastating coal ash spill that dumped 1.1 billion pounds of toxic material on to an east Tennessee neighborhood and into Emory River has prompted some people to question why coal ash ponds and landfills are not more heavily regulated