News for September 24th, 2009

TVA hopes to dodge lawsuits filed by coal ash spill victims

judge gavel 100x100 TVA hopes to dodge lawsuits filed by coal ash spill victimsThe Tennessee Valley Authority () is shelling out billions of dollars as a result of the massive coal ash spill from its Kingston, Tenn., fossil fuel plant that dumped more than a billion gallons of toxic sludge on to a neighboring community. But the nation’s largest utility is hoping a federal district court judge will grant it immunity from mounting lawsuits filed by property owners injured by the spill – a move that would leave those victims footing the bill for their own losses.

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