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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...
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...
Kingston coal ash settlement: What it means for the cleanup workers who sued
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAttorneys for the Kingston coal ash workers and Jacobs Solutions told Knox News on Tuesday, May 23,...
EPA rule prompted by Kingston coal ash spill might be revised to include older landfills
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoResidents living near old coal ash landfills might be better protected if the Environmental...
Kingston coal ash families, county officials prepare for 15th anniversary of disaster
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTo mark 15 years since a dike gave way at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston plant, spilling...
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...
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...
Fifteen years after coal ash spill, TVA owes us transparency on replacing plant | Opinion
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoSoon, the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors will make a decision about the future of the...
TVA wants a pipeline for future Kingston gas plant. A federal agency wants your thoughts
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThe federal agency charged with approving natural gas pipelines wants feedback from the public on a...
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· 1 year agoThe Environmental Protection Agency plans to expand its federal coal ash rule to apply to hundreds...