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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Coal’s other dark side: Toxic ash that can poison water and people. Workers who cleaned up a huge spill from a coal ash pond in Tennessee in 2008 are still suffering—and dying.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...