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TVA Gets Permission to Further Pollute Clinch River
unEARTHED: the Earthjustice Blog —
Authority: 128
Its not enough that Tennessees Clinch River was devastated by a toxic spill that dumped 1 billion gallons of coal ash into its waters last December. Now the Tennessee Valley Authority wants to systematically pollute the river (which leads to the mighty Tennessee River) to the tune of one million gallons a day of toxic ...3 days ago -
Effects of coal ash contamination go beyond health risks
Iowa Independent —
Authority: 665
When environmental watchdogs in Iowa point out the dangers associated with coal ash disposal , the focus of their fear is usually the health risks associated with contaminated groundwater. The Waterloo South Quarry, used by the University of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University as a coal ...3 days ago -
Property owner near TVA ash spill site ‘living in hell’
Alan Gregory's Conservation News —
Authority: 129
The outfall keeps on turning, turning, … as this newspaper report from Norfolk, Va., recounts.4 days ago -
VIDEO: Coal ash dumping may have caused deformities
The Conservation Report —
Authority: 488
Video by Charles Trainor Jr./Miami Herald Staff According to the Miami Herald, “ Villagers in the Dominican Republic claim children have been born without limbs and organs. And, they are blaming the abnormalities on rock ash dumped by a Virginia coal company .” More from MiamiHerald.com : A civil lawsuit filed ...5 days ago -
The Struggle of Our Environmental Neighbors
God's Politics Blog —
Authority: 642
Marvin Gaye once sang, “Oh, mercy mercy me/Oh, things ain’t what they used to be/No, no/Where did all the blue sky go?/Poison is the wind that blows/From the north, east, south, and sea/Oh, mercy mercy me…” This song came to…5 days ago -
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection: 2/3 of Coal Ash Damns Need Repairs
EnviroKnow —
Authority: 536
Ken Ward Jr. reports on the wonders of coal : Nearly two-thirds of the coal-ash dams across West Virginia might need repairs, and a quarter of them are ranked as being in poor or unsatisfactory condition, according to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Environmental Protection. DEP inspectors ...1 week ago -
Clean Coal in the Dominican Republic
EnviroKnow —
Authority: 536
Clean Coal is awesome : It has been six years since a contractor from Delray Beach brought the black dusty residue to the province of Samaná, and three years since the ash was cleaned up. Several civil lawsuits and criminal cases later, just when everyone thought it was over, the other shoe has dropped. A civil ...1 week ago -
Coal Ash & Birth Defects
Tim Lennox OFFair and ONline —
Authority: 137
Hey, Im not saying the story has merit, only that its worth reading for Alabamians, since were accepting millions of tons of coal ash at that landfill in Perry County...now there may, may be a coal ash-birth defect link. Read the story here . The Arrowhead Landfill owners (who live in Atlanta) insist their ...1 week ago -
Bright & Early: Disaster Tourism Edition
Nashvillest —
Authority: 431
Good morning, Nashville. Roane County may be putting the kibosh on the TVA’s plans to build an overlook for passers-by to view the progress on the coal ash cleanup . According to county officials, the TVA never consulted them before developing the viewing area which is supposed to include a parking lot big enough ...1 week ago -
Drawing an Arbitrary Line in the Coal Ash
unEARTHED: the Earthjustice Blog —
Authority: 128
When is hazardous coal ash not considered hazardous? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, when you dump it in a landfill as opposed to a pond. This approach is currently being floated by the EPA in its plans to regulate coal ash later this year. Coal ash—the waste left over after coal is burned at ...1 week ago -
EPA to Regulate Mercury Emissions, May Tag Coal Ash ‘Toxic’
Environmental Leader —
Authority: 626
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering labeling coal ash as toxic waste, while the agency moves to regulate mercury emissions at coal-fired power plants.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released a 230-page report on coal ash that comes 10 months after a spill of 1.1 billion ...2 weeks ago -
Burning The Future: Coal In America (Trailer)
TakePart Social Action Network —
Authority: 612
Burning The Future: Coal in America, a documentary from director David Novak, investigates the raging conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virgina, and by examining the devastating health and environmental risks created by mining, debunks the myth of “clean coal”. Just by watching the ...3 weeks ago -
Quote of the week
Alan Gregory's Conservation News —
Authority: 129
This is from a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article on coal mininig by environment reporter Don Hopey: “A little more than half the electricity produced in Pennsylvania comes from burning coal, but the pollution emissions from the state’s coal plants are significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions that ...3 weeks ago -
If you like this view....
Tim Lennox OFFair and ONline —
Authority: 137
...youll love the new project TVA is constructing at the site of the massive coal ash spill at a power plant in Tennessee. The agency is building an observation area , according to a story in the Knoxville News-Sentinel.Parking for 20...BYOFM (face mask). Millions of gallons of coal ash spilled on the land and a ...3 weeks ago -
US Government Still Promoting Use of Coal Ash on Crops
Solve Climate: Daily Climate News and Opinion —
Authority: 617
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has promised to more strictly regulate coal ash, but its still promoting use of the toxic waste on food crops as a soil amendment. This month, the EPA and U.S. Department of Agriculture enter the final year of a three-year partnership thats part of a larger effort by the ...3 weeks ago -
Brickbats over bricks
GreenTech Pastures —
Authority: 554
Some more input from CalStar on their pending entry into the building materials market. I had asked about who set the standards for what is a “brick.”The answer from CalStar: “ASTM is not the gatekeeper for new products - national and local building codes are. As with any new building material, we need [...]3 weeks ago -
TWS chief urges carbon reserves in U.S. forests
Alan Gregory's Conservation News —
Authority: 129
That’s the idea espoused by Wilderness Society chief William Meadows at a recent event hosted by the Frank Church center at Boise State University. Read about it here .3 weeks ago -
Fly ash fan sent me this email
GreenTech Pastures —
Authority: 554
“K.C.Missouri put down on a heavy traffic street fly ash [pavers] 30+ years ago. Was still in great shape, buy city tore it up this summer. My next house will be fly ash. If any humans are left in 4000, my house will probably still be standing…”3 weeks ago -
Whats a brick?
GreenTech Pastures —
Authority: 554
Shortly after I posted my blog on CalStar making building materials from coal ash, I heard from the American Brick Industry Association (BIA). They feel CalStar is ripping off centuries of brick brand equity. Here is the email with BIA’s side of the brick business:“I wanted to voice our disappointment in reading ...3 weeks ago -
Could you green the world brick by brick?
GreenTech Pastures —
Authority: 554
One California-based company is going to try. And they’re going to make those “green” bricks in Wisconsin, not ship them in from China.The new-fangled brick has been pioneered by CalStar Products. A basic ingredient of the CalStar brick is coal ash, residue from burning coal. There are huge mounds, huge ponds, ...3 weeks ago
