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TVA’s new chairman says coal ash disaster must not happen again

Posted: June 5, 2009 Environmental

The new chairman for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) says the disastrous coal ash spill that dumped more than a billion gallons of toxic material on to an east Tennessee community and into the Emory River must never happen again,

FDA issues serious risk warning with hyperthyroidism drug

Posted: June 5, 2009 Product Liability

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to endocrine health care professionals, pharmacists and pediatricians about the risk of serious liver injury, including liver failure and death, with the use of propylthiouracil (PTU) in adult and pediatric

Proposal to store coal ash could bring jobs to Cumberland County

Posted: June 4, 2009 Environmental

Not everyone is trying to keep the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) from dumping coal ash on its property. One company wants the TVA to pay them to haul and hold coal ash in its Cumberland County strip mine.

CPSC continues investigation of Chinese drywall

Posted: June 4, 2009 Product Liability

The June edition of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Safety Review says that the agency has received more than 265 reports from residents in 18 states and Washington D.C. from customers who believe their health and / or their

Family recovers after losing home in coal ash spill

Posted: May 29, 2009 Environmental

Janice James was upstairs in her home and getting ready for bed, having just enjoyed a day celebrating Christmas with family, when a cracking and popping noise caught her attention. She threw on an old sweatshirt and her husband’s boots,

Family worries about cattle, health, livelihood after coal ash spill

Posted: May 28, 2009 Environmental

Even though the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is monitoring the air and water near Kingston, Tennessee, for dangerous levels of toxins, Sandy Gupton takes water samples from the flooding on her farm just to be sure. “Our farm is the

PR firm to use social media to improve image damaged by coal ash spill

Posted: May 27, 2009 Environmental

The public relations firm that will likely handle the three-year, $1.9 million image campaign for Kingston, Tennessee, will use social media to improve the area’s tarnished reputation, according to WATE-TV. McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations LLC, which submitted a

TVA asked to pay for PR campaign to improve image of damaged area

Posted: May 26, 2009 Environmental

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is being asked to cover the cost of a three-year, $1.9 million public relations campaign aimed at improving the image of Kingston, Tennessee. The nation’s largest public utility is being blamed for tarnishing the region’s

Bill seeks to ban importation of substandard building materials

Posted: May 23, 2009 Product Liability

Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Mich) has introduced a bill that seeks to block the import of substandard building materials into the United States. The bill, H.R. 2155, would give U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the authority to prohibit sub-standard steel,

Pennsylvania says no to TVA coal ash storage

Posted: May 22, 2009 Environmental

Coal ash that poured from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston, Tennessee, Fossil Plant onto an east Tennessee community last December and recovered by cleanup crews is far too toxic to be stored in Pennsylvania’s coal mines, according to officials