combustion waste
February 6, 2009 -
Not all of the coal ash produced by power plants ends up in surface impoundments like the one that collapsed at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston plant in eastern Tennessee. Some of it ends up being mixed with sewage sludge and other waste and spread on food crops -- especially in the South.
February 3, 2009 -
A new analysis of downstream water samples taken in the weeks following the massive coal ash spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston power plant shows levels of heavy-metal contamination that exceed safety standards.
February 2, 2009 -
A new independent analysis of radioactive contamination from the TVA coal ash spill suggests the company downplayed the risk.
January 27, 2009 -
Last month's catastrophic
January 22, 2009 -
A month has passed since a coal ash waste dam collapsed at
January 13, 2009 -
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has issued an enforcement order against the Tennessee Valley Authority for last month's massive coal ash spill from its Kingston power plant in Roane County.
January 12, 2009 -
In addition to the disastrous spill of
