Environment
December 22, 2009 -
It was one year ago today that a 60-foot-tall dam broke at holding pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston power plant in Roane County, Tenn., dumping more than a billion gallons of toxic coal ash onto a nearby community and into the Clinch and Emory rivers.
December 18, 2009 -
As the year draws to a close, Facing South is taking a look back at the big stories that shaped the region and the top 10 stories we did at FS that made a big splash. Here's #6:
December 17, 2009 -
As the year draws to a close, Facing South is taking a look back at the big stories that shaped the region and the top 10 stories we did at FS that made a big splash. Here's #9:
December 15, 2009 -
Representatives from 15 environmental advocacy groups have called on President Obama to end the Tennessee Valley Authority's immunity from federal prosecution for its Kingston coal ash disaster and other violations of federal law.
December 14, 2009 -
Exxon Mobil has spent millions of dollars to sow confusion over the reality and urgency of global warming -- but that didn't stop the U.S. government from giving the Texas-based oil giant a $3 billion taxpayer-financed subsidy on the cusp of international climate talks.
December 11, 2009 -
The nuclear power industry's efforts to promote new reactors as a solution to climate change is inspiring creative protests by environmentalists.