Enough coal ash slurry to fill 800 Olympic swimming pools swallowed a town in 2008, carrying toxins, sickness and bitter ...

How coal ash ruined one Tennessee town—and why it could happen again. ... Inside the Tennessee Coal Ash Spill. Published Jul 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 6:49 PM EST.

Crews Toil To Clean Up Tennessee Coal Ash Spill Residents of Kingston, Tenn., surveyed the altered landscape surrounding their homes Friday as work crews labored to contain one of the largest coal ...

The coal ash spill: TVA told Jean Nance coal ash was safe.Now, she's dead. McCarthy and hundreds of heavy equipment operators and construction workers from across East Tennessee and the nation ...

Officials from the Tennessee Valley Authority and state regulators appeared at a congressional hearing Thursday to answer questions about December 2008's devastating coal-ash spill in Kingston, Tenn.

Congress held hearings in the aftermath of the 2008 spill%3B the EPA proposed new rules But coal ash remains largely unregulated Some utilities have recognized the need to make changes HARRIMAN ...

Tennessee spill revives coal ash controversy A dike break released more than 5.4 million cubic yards of toxic sludge and put rivers downstream at risk. J Miles Cary/Knoxville news Sentinel/AP ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Valley Authority is liable for a huge spill of toxin-laden sludge in 2008 in Tennessee, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The decision is a victory for hundreds of ...

By Mark Wineka [email protected] Duke Energy’s Buck Steam Station has three coal ash ponds that are similar to the one that ruptured Dec. 22 in eastern Tennessee.

Dear EarthTalk: What were the environmental impacts of the huge coal ash spill in Tennessee this past December?-- Dave S, Lynnfield, MA Environmentalists’ call for an end to the age of coal ...