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Environmental groups welcome federal rules requiring TVA to clean up old coal ash dumps
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMore than a decade after one of the biggest industrial disasters in Tennessee history, the U.S....
EPA rule would force clean-up of toxic coal ash dumped in landfills, ponds near power plants
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Environmental Protection Agency is strengthening a rule aimed at controlling and cleaning up...
Tommy Johnson, one of the Kingston cleanup workers who sued over coal ash exposure, dies
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTommy Johnson, one of the workers at the center of lawsuits over the Kingston coal ash spill, died...
Kingston coal ash families, county officials prepare for 15th anniversary of disaster
Gannett via AOL· 6 months agoTo mark 15 years since a dike gave way at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston plant, spilling...
Environmental report: Dallman's coal-ash dumps are contaminating groundwater
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCity Water, Light & Power's Dallman power plant is among 16 plants in Illinois with coal-ash dumps...
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...
A playground was built on coal ash. What it means for kids in this East Tennessee town
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn the hills of East Tennessee, just a half hour outside Knoxville, is a wood-framed playground that...
Martinsville coal ash plant highlighted as dangerous to water sources in new report
The Reporter-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMore than a dozen coal ash impoundments in Indiana continue to threaten state waterways with...
EPA: Cancer risk from coal ash higher than previously revealed. Could it be in your yard?
Gannett via AOL· 4 months agoRetired EPA scientist Larry Jensen has known about the radioactive risks of coal ash for years. He...
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· 2 years agoErnie Hickman started showing symptoms of coal ash-related illnesses in February 2016. About a week...