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Research consortium to guide coal ash cleanup, health monitoring

Posted: April 1, 2009 Environmental

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a Tennessee-based independent university research group, is working out a contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to guide the cleanup efforts and the health monitoring of residents in and around the site of last

TVA pays millions to property owners affected by coal ash spill

Posted: March 25, 2009 Environmental

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has paid east Tennessee home and landowners more than $9.5 million to compensate them for damages after the utility’s Kingston, Tennessee coal ash impoundment failed late last year and poured more than a billion gallons

Dredging begins at Tennessee coal ash spill site

Posted: March 23, 2009 Environmental

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has begun dredging coal ash from the Emory River as part of its $1 million-a-day cleanup effort following the massive coal ash spill from a damaged impoundment pond last December. The first hydraulic dredge began

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

East Tennessee residents waiting for breath of fresh air

Posted: March 3, 2009 Environmental

It’s been more than two months now since the east Tennessee coal ash spill that dumped 1.1 billion gallons of toxic material on to 300 acres of land, and residents there are pausing to take a deep breath – only

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,

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

TVA sells coal ash to companies for building supplies, crop soil

Posted: February 13, 2009 Environmental

Coal ash, like the 1.1 billion gallons of the toxic mess that spilled on to 300 acres of rural east Tennessee property destroying homes and damaging property in its wake, is commonly sold by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to

Scientists say spill site should be converted to research center

Posted: February 6, 2009 Environmental

A team of scientists involved in the testing and cleanup efforts in Kingston, Tennessee, following the massive coal ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) impoundment pond, are proposing that the TVA turn the site into an independent educational

Property owners file claims against TVA

Posted: February 2, 2009 Environmental

Four lawsuits have been filed by Kingston, Tennessee property owners against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as a result of December’s toxic spill that dumped more than a billion pounds of coal ash on to 300 acres of a rural