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

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

When Xcel Energy stopped burning coal at its Valmont Power Station in 2017, it left 1.6 million tons of toxic coal ash on the ...

The stacks served as a symbol for the region of TVA’s power in jobs and industry. They also served as a reminder of what it ...

Tennessee Valley Authority Coal Ash Spill In December 2008, a containment wall at a TVA power plant in Kingston collapsed which released over 1 billion gallons of coal ash slurry that is a toxic ...

The implosion of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Bull Run Fossil Plant marks a transition to clean energy for utility.

Millions of yards of ashy sludge broke through a dike at TVA Fossil Plant near Harriman, Tennessee, on Dec. 22, 2008.

Cenospheres float on top of the Tennessee River on Dec. 30, 2008, after last week coal ash spill at the TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant near Harriman, Tenn. TVA says that the small hollow spheres ...

Researchers are trying to figure out how to extract rare earths from coal ash, which could yield 11 million tons of rare earths for the U.S. Coal ash is a toxic byproduct of coal-fired power plants.