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Enough coal ash slurry to fill 800 Olympic swimming pools swallowed a town in 2008, carrying toxins, sickness and bitter ...
Millions of yards of ashy sludge broke through a dike at TVA Fossil Plant near Harriman, Tennessee, on Dec. 22, 2008.
The implosion of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Bull Run Fossil Plant marks a transition to clean energy for utility.
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 ...
Demolition experts safely imploded the 500-foot and 800-foot stacks at the retired Bull Run Fossil plant. After 61 years of ...
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 ...
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.
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s solar project is under construction in McCracken County, with nearly 30,000 solar panels out of 240,000 already in place. It is expected to enter service in 2028.
The Tennessee Valley Authority will implode two stacks at a closed East Tennessee coal plant that will soon become home to a pioneering nuclear fusion reactor prototype. Daniel Dassow is a ...
Middle Tennessee family torn apart after ICE-Highway Patrol checkpoint 'looking for color of skin,' wife says “This is the most senselessly cruel thing I've seen done by the justice system," an ...