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TVA on the cusp of keeping Memphis for a generation. Why environmental advocates say that's a...
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe head of the Tennessee Valley Authority heard from Memphians up close and personal Wednesday....
Why TVA Kingston coal ash workers might not get more than $750,000 for pain and suffering
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoErnie Hickman started showing symptoms of coal ash-related illnesses in February 2016. About a week...
6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denies immunity in coal ash cleanup for TVA contractor Jacobs...
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe hundreds of coal ash cleanup workers suing a Tennessee Valley Authority contractor won a major...
TVA's Kingston plant will generate new energy by 2027, leaving coal and smokestacks behind
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe Tennessee Valley Authority will retire the Kingston Fossil Plant – once the largest coal-fired power plant in the world and the site of a major coal ash disaster – and replace it with a ...
What is coal ash? Can it harm your health if you're exposed? Experts weigh in
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen the sun sets on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s use of coal power plants, it won’t set on the...
EPA wants to expand coal ash rule. Here's what it adds to protect disposal site neighbors
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Environmental Protection Agency plans to expand its federal coal ash rule to apply to hundreds...
Kingston coal ash families, county officials prepare for 15th anniversary of disaster
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoTo mark 15 years since a dike gave way at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston plant, spilling...
Utility backs solar farm atop capped Kentucky coal ash pit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe nation's largest public utility has proposed building a $216 million solar farm project in...
EPA: Get a grip on half a billion tons of coal ash, including in East Tennessee, lawsuit says
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe coal ash sites – the waste is commonly buried then covered with earth – are dotted throughout...
Pollution from coal waste still contaminating water in Kentucky and U.S., groups say
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoYears after the federal government mandated cleanup, pollutants such as arsenic and mercury continue...