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Alabama Voices: Coal ash a threat to state's waters
This guest post is written by Cindy Lowry, Executive Director of Alabama Rivers Alliance and was originally published in the Montgomery Adviser on February 18, 2014. It is reposted here with permission. If the…
Tennessee Coal Ash Hearing Sends EPA Strong Message
On Wednesday, October 27th, EPA held an 8th and final public hearing on proposed coal ash regulations in Knoxville, TN. EPA nearly left Tennessee off the list of public hearing sites, but…
House Votes to Give Coal Ash Dumps a Free Pass, President Stops Short of Veto Threat
The following is a post written by Professor Rena Steinzor and originally published yesterday on the Center for Progressive Reform Blog. As Prof. Steinzor notes, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to…
Senators sell out the public, then go on vacation
This blog is a guest post originally published on EcoWatch. On Aug. 2, twenty four Senators demonstrated their obedience to the coal industry by introducing a new bill that permanently blocks the…
TVA Updates Citizens on Kingston Coal Ash Spill Cleanup Status
On May 30, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing in Kingston, TN where they provided an update on their combined efforts to clean up the…
Kingston Coal Ash Trial Underway
This week marks the beginning of a federal trial resulting from the 2008 Kingston coal ash disaster. That environmental catastrophe resulted in 5.4 million cubic yards of toxic coal ash being dumped…
Big Coal Retirements Announced at TVA Board of Directors Meeting
At today's Board of Directors' meeting in Oxford, MS, TVA announced that it will be retiring 3,308 MWs of coal capacity from 3 plants. SACE welcomes this announcement as it signals a…
The good and the bad of coal ash news lately
Last week brought a lot of news about coal ash in national media, some good, some bad. On one side we learned of new information from EPA to add to the growing mountain…
Illegal Discharge of Toxic Coal Ash into Waterways Prompts Legal Action at TVAs Colbert Plant
This blog by Waterkeeper Alliance and Tennessee Riverkeeper originally appeared on EcoWatch's website. Click here to view the EcoWatch blog. Citing ongoing coal waste contamination at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)’s Colbert Fossil Plant, conservation groups…
Use Southeastcoalash.org to Discover If Toxic Coal Ash is Stored Near You
Want to learn more? Join our webinar on October 19 from 10:00–10:30 AM! The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) is pleased to unveil the redesigned southeastcoalash.org. Our southeast power plant map…