2009.01.09
Coal ash: Another leak, more complaints, more information
The day we ran a story about the Concerned Citizens of Giles County lodging another set of complaints about the coal ash site developing in Narrows, (Friday, Jan. 9) lots of coal ash news broke. First, the Associated Press came out with a good article about how much of this stuff is spread around the country and how it's disposed of. (Here are some graphics that tell about Virginia and coal ash. The interactive map will tell you about other states.)
Then came news that there was another leak at another TVA power plant. (TVA runs the plant where an earthen dam broke, covering about 300 acres with about a billion gallons of coal sludge.)
The day before -- the day the Concerned Citizens were lodging their complaints -- the Senate committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing about coal ash, the TVA and the big spill. You can watch the hearing, or read the key speeches, here.
Our continuing coverage of the Giles County coal ash controversy is here.
Our previous blogging on the subject is here.
-- Tim Thornton
Thanks, Tim, for all your followups. Current news reports indicate the entire nation has a problem with insufficient regulation of coal ash. Hopefully the Giles County catastrophe can be avoided as some sensible legislation hopefully comes down the pike just in time.........
Comment by Lynn Davis — January 13, 2009 @ 3:17 pm
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