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Central Florida News 13Alexander wants coal ash hearing in TNThe TennesseanLamar Alexander is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to hold an extra hearing in Tennessee on regulation of coal ash, following criticism from ...EPA Holds Forum On Coal Ash WasteWLKY LouisvilleGreen groups hope to spotlight coal-ash issue at EPA meetingThe Colorado IndependentWatchdog Earth | Faith and the environment: Coal ashLouisville Courier-Journal (blog)OMB Watch -Center for Public Integrity (blog) -Recycleall 454 news articles »
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Wilkes Barre Times-LeaderHealth impact of mine reclamation project questionedWilkes Barre Times-LeaderIt can be used alone or in a mixture of water and coal ash and spread in layers in the stripping pits to bring them up to ground level, explained McClellan. ...Kanjorski wary of Hazleton projectWilkes Barre Times-Leaderall 4 news articles »
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Shively residents protest expansion of LG&E coal ash pondWHAS 11.com (subscription)(WHAS11) -- A clash between the need for more electricity and a neighborhood fighting to keep a coal ash pond from getting bigger has begun. ...and more »
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GreenBiz.comEmory River Opens for Recreation as Coal Ash Cleanup ContinuesEP Magazine... and the Tennessee Department of Health, has determined that any coal ash remaining in the river presents minimal health risks to recreational users. ...Enviro groups, TVA, SHIP have coal ash on their mindsClarksville Leaf ChronicleTVA's top executive to give ash spill depositionForbesall 35 news articles »
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EPA considers rules for fly ashAnnapolis CapitalAP VIDEO more>> The federal government plans to regulate coal ash, also called fly ash. It's the same substance that contaminated drinking water wells in ...Md. county exec supports EPA fly ash regulationBusinessWeekall 13 news articles »
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Lake Wylie PilotYour turn to comment | EPA hosting coal ash hearing Sept. 14 in CharlotteLake Wylie PilotOn that date, the Environmental Protection Agency hosts a daylong public hearing about possible new regulations for coal ash, the residual byproduct of coal ...and more »
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District Attorney testifies at EPA hearing on coal ashSelma Times-JournalFourth Judicial District Attorney Michael Jackson registered his complaint against a landfill in Perry County accepting coal ash from an accident at a ...
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Groups to gather to discuss coal ash and water qualityLouisville Courier-JournalSeveral organizations are holding a joint a public meeting on coal ash and water quality in Shively on Tuesday. “A Gathering for the River: Clean Water for ...and more »
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Sierra Club Wants EPA To Regulate Coal AshmyCentralOregon.comBEND, OR -- The Sierra Club said there are two reasons Oregonians should weigh in on the EPA's proposal to regulate coal ash. One is the PGE Boardman plant; ...Boardman groundwater cause for concernDaily Journal of Commerceall 2 news articles »
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Please attend a People's Coal Ash Hearing at the Roane State Community College on Thursday, September 2, at 5:30 PM. This hearing will be an opportunity for residents of Roane County--home of the Kingston coal ash disaster--and others from around the region to voice their opinions on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules to regulate coal ash at the federal level. An EPA representative will provide a brief overview of the proposed rule and all comments made during the hearing will be submitted to the EPA's official record. This video provides more background on the glaring need for this People's Hearing. Please contact Josh Galperin, josh@cleanenergy.org, with further questions. Courtesy of: www.youtube.com
Coal ash is hazardous waste, and must be regulated under the most protective provisions of America's hazardous waste laws now. Below you can learn more and take action like signing an online petition or writing your local representatives. Take Action: www.TennesseeRiver.org/CoalAshRegs.html
Take action at www.sierraclub.org/coalash. Right now communities across the country are exposed to heavy metals such as arsenic, lead and mercury when hazardous materials from coal ash disposal sites seep into our drinking water, contributing to serious health problems.. The EPA is holding a public comment period on new, federally enforceable standards to protect Americans, but the coal industry is fighting back, trying to put their profits before our health. Help us give the EPA the support it needs to stand up to King Coal by sending a message at sierraclub.org/coalash
A new testing method by the US Environmental Protection Agency reveals that pollutants such as arsenic, antimony, chromium and selenium can leach from coal ash at levels dozens and sometimes hundreds of times greater than the federal drinking water standard. According to the EPAs new data, pollution from coal ash can shatter the "hazardous waste" threshold.
The TVA Kingston Coal Ash Disaster raised awareness of the dangers of toxic ash. But there are many other communities at risk. See for yourself how communities are being affected by fugitive dust, contaminated water and massive mountains of coal ash and why federal regulations are needed to protect them.
Coal-fired power plants are poisoning our rivers, lakes and streams with coal ash, a waste product that contains arsenic, mercury, and lead. Coal ash poisons fish, making them unsafe to eat. For decades, power plants have carelessly dumped coal ash into ponds and landfills that leak into our rivers and streams. It's time for the EPA to set strong safeguards that classify coal ash as hazardous waste—because that's exactly what it is.
Cynthia Gould reports on coal ash in Perry County and the impacts to local residents.
Just over a year ago in Roane County, Tennessee, the biggest industrial waste spill in US history occurred when a dam broke at the Tennessee Valley Authoritys Kingston power plant. More than a billion gallons of toxic coal ash flowed into a nearby community and into the Clinch and Emory rivers. TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore told affected residents that the utility would clean up the waste in six to eight weeks. But one year later, the Emory River remains closed to public traffic near the spill, ponds in the area are still clogged with several feet of coal ash, and dust from the ash is a chronic problem for local residents, some of who complain of related health problems including coughing, nosebleeds and headaches.
Groups decry ash dumping in riverCebu Daily NewsECOLOGY groups denounced yesterday the dumping of coal ash by the Naga City government that reportedly re-routed the Pangdan River there. ...
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Mother Nature NetworkRocky Year for Coal Industry: 26 Power Plant Plans Shelved in 2009SolveClimate (blog)Many groups are citing that environmental disaster in renewing their call to move on from coal. Coal ash has been blamed for health problems from Tennessee ...Out With The Coal, In With The NewClean Energy News (blog)all 4 news articles »
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Daily SproutEarth2Tech (blog)A Year Later, Coal-Ash Spill Still on EPA's Long To-Do List: One year after the failure of an earth-and-ash dam holding back 1 billion ...
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Nashville Public RadioTVA coal ash spill has hundreds suing for damagesThe Associated PressWith the court battles pending, the Environmental Protection Agency has said it is trying to reach a decision on regulating coal ash waste from power plants ...Big lumps of coal for Christmas dinnerSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)Still unresolved, Tennessee coal-ash spill only one EPA hurdleWashington PostComments on ash spill health review acceptedKnoxville News SentinelClean Energy News (blog) -Free Speech Radio News -WTVCall 248 news articles »
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Today Marks One Year Anniversary Of Coal Ash SpillNewsChannel5.comTuesday marks one year since the TVA coal ash spill. Shortly after midnight on Dec. 22, 2008, the dam broke at the TVA Coal ash plant in Kingston and ...
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Residents in the Swan Pond area talk about their frustration with Tennessee elected officials in the aftermath of TVA's coal ash spill. High-profile area political leaders like state Rep. Dennis Ferguson, US Sen. Bob Corker, Congressman Lincoln Davis and Congressman Jimmy Duncan have done little to exert pressure on TVA to heed the concerns of the community, they say, nor has the US Environmental Protection Agency or the state Department of Environment and Conservation. If anything ...
EPA, USDA push farmers to use coal waste on fieldsThe Associated PressThe Obama administration has continued promoting FGD gypsum's use in farming even as it drafts a coal waste rule in response to a spill from a coal ash pond ...and more »
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EPA begins investigating its coal ash 'partnership'Evening ObserverThis is why EPA Administrator (Lisa) Jackson has pledged to determine whether coal ash should be classified as a hazardous waste by the end of the year. ...
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An estimated 5.4 million cubic yards of sludge burst from a failed retention pond at a TVA Kingston fossil plant near Harriman, Tenn. in the early morning of Dec. 22, 2008. The aftermath of the spill has forever left an impact on the neighboring Swan Pond community. The online team at knoxnews.com has produced a video documentary exploring the impact on this community. Also, read ongoing coverage of the TVA coal ash spill: www.knoxnews.com
stv.tvEPA delays announcement on regulating coal ashThe Associated PressThe Environmental Protection Agency has delayed a decision on regulating coal ash waste from power plants. The agency said in a statement Thursday that it's ...EPA delays new rules on coal ashCharleston GazetteEPA To Delay Decision On Coal-Ash Waste 'For A Short Period'NASDAQSTATEMENT FROM EPA ON COAL ASHU.S. EPA.gov (press release)Knoxville Metro Pulse (blog) -Live 5 Newsall 300 news articles »
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TriCities.comEnvironmentalists want TVA prosecuted in ash spillThe Associated PressEnvironmental groups said Monday they want the Tennessee Valley Authority to be prosecuted for its huge coal ash spill in Tennessee and not shielded from ...Group wants TVA prosecuted for ash spillWVLTTennessee: Environmental groups want Obama to prosecute TVAChattanooga Times Free PressEIP Report: TVA, One of Nation's Top Polluters, Should No Longer Be Allowed to ...SYS-CON Media (press release)Facing South (blog) -WECT-TV6 -Knoxville News Sentinelall 258 news articles »
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Clean Energy News (blog)Environmentalists discuss TVA ash spill pollutantsThe Associated PressNo one was injured in the spill of about 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash from a Dec. 22 breach of an earthen dike at the Kingston plant about 40 miles ...Coal ash spill called 'a godsend'Knoxville News SentinelCongressional subcommittee met Wednesday to discuss coal ash spillWVLTPerry County Official Enthusiastic About TVA Coal Ash LandfillNashville Public RadioWRAL.com -Facing South (blog) -UPI.comall 145 news articles »
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...Integrity Project, and Sierra Club, the EPA released data earlier this year that show there are almost twice as many coal ash dumps as previously identified, and that the largest dumps tended to be the oldest, offering the least amount of protection. The majority...
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Part One of a discussion about coal ash. Shorewood Country Club Dunkirk, NY November 11th, 2009
Media Contact: vacelious1@aol.com Delano Williams is very concerned about the long term health impacts of living near the world's largest coal fly ash disaster. The Tennessee Valley Authority who is responsible for this disaster has not come to Delano's home or his neighborhood. Delano lives less than 1 mile from the disaster.
McClatchy Newspapers reports that coal ash dumped in the Dominican Republic from a Virginia-based power company has caused severe illness and birth defects in the local population. After years of repeated miscarriages, women whose blood levels show abnormal levels of arsenic are giving birth to babies with cranial deformities, with organs outside their bodies or missing limbs.
Media Contact EMAIL topmillerwoman@aol.com Pam and Gary Topmiller live directly across the Emory River from the TVA Coal Ash Disaster site. Most of their neighbors have taken a loss on their property by selling to TVA and leaving the area. Many of the houses stand vacant, a modern day ghost town with toxic coal ash in the air. The Topmillers are staying strong and want TVA to do the right thing.
Villagers in the Dominican Republic claim children have been born without limbs and organs. And, they are blaming the abnormalities on rock ash dumped by a Virginia coal company. Video by Charles Trainor Jr. / Miami Herald Staff
The coal ash pond that ruptured and sent a billion gallons of toxic sludge across 300 acres of East Tennessee on December 22, 2008 was only one of more than 1300 similar dumps across the United States - most of them unregulated and unmonitored - that contain billions more gallons of fly ash and other byproducts of burning coal. Like the one in Tennessee, most of these dumps, which reach up to 1500 acres, contain heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury and selenium, which are considered by ...
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...standards for beneficial use. While Alabama's less rigorous environmental standards did not preclude the storage of the coal ash, persistent questions have been directed to my Congressional office and to local elected officials. These anxieties have been exacerbated...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has an explicit partnership agreement with the coal industry to market its combustion wastes for consumer, agricultural and industrial uses without knowing the true health risks, according to documents released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. As a result, one arm of the EPA is now moving to classify coal ash and other combustion byproducts as hazardous waste even as another arm is promoting its use in wallboard, kitchen counters ...
bit.ly Full Episode on the link above Coal Ash: 130M Tons of Waste October 4, 2009 5:00 PM If coal ash is safe to spread under a golf course or be used in carpets, why are the residents a Tenn. town being told to stay out of a river where the material was spilled? Lesley Stahl reports.
If coal ash is safe to spread under a golf course or be used in carpets, why are the residents a Tenn. town being told to stay out of a river where the material was spilled? Lesley Stahl reports.
Coal ash, a byproduct of coal power plants, is being recycled in dozens of ways and used in products. How safe are these products? Lesley Stahl talks to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson.
Coal ash, a byproduct of coal power plants, is being recycled in dozens of ways and used in products. How safe are these products? Lesley Stahl talks to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released information showing there are 584 coal ash dump sites in 35 states across the country -- almost twice as many as previously identified. The release came late last week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. Some critical data is missing because companies are claiming it's confidential business information. Duke Energy, Progress Energy and the Southern Co.'s Alabama Power and Georgia Power are among the corporations withholding ...
IG: Tennessee Valley Authority Ignored 20 Years of Warnings Before Coal Ash Disaster In Tennessee, an internal inquiry says the Tennessee Valley Authority failed for more than two decades to heed warnings that could have prevented a massive coal ash spill last December. The TVA Inspector General also says the authoritys lawyers then quashed a $3 million study into the spills cause in order to limit its legal liability. The Kingston Fossil Plant spill released more than one billion gallons of ...
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR), Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member, on the need to reduce the risk of additional coal ash spills, from a hearing to review coal ash storage issues and the December 22, 2008 incident at the Tennessee Valley Authoritys power generating facility in Kingston, Tennessee.
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...to the TVA board of directors, the "necessary systems, controls and culture were not in place" to properly manage the coal ash operations at TVA's 11 coal-fired power plants. The report by McKenna Long and Aldridge of Atlanta follows the spill of more than...
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In Kingston, Tennessee this past December, one of the worst environmental disasters in history occurred when a dike burst at a TVA coal plant, sending 5.4 million cubic yards of toxic coal ash into the Emory River. In an effort to clean up the river and surrounding areas, the TVA intends to send the sludge to a landfill in one of Alabamas poorest counties. The move comes despite criticism that the plan is dangerous and unfair to residents of Perry County.
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...Waste Disposal Facility operated by Arizona Electric Power Cooperative. Two other utilities operate nearly half of the coal ash sites on the list and spokesmen for both companies said the sites are routinely inspected and are safe. American Electric Power.,...
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Perry County residents are upset about the coal ash coming to their landfill.
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