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TVA’s new chairman says coal ash disaster must not happen again

mike duncan 100x100 TVAs new chairman says coal ash disaster must not happen againThe new chairman for the Tennessee Valley Authority () says the disastrous coal ash spill that dumped more than a billion gallons of toxic material on to an east community and into the Emory River must never happen again, according to WHNT-TV.

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Proposal to store coal ash could bring jobs to Cumberland County

Not everyone is trying to keep the Tennessee Valley Authority () from dumping coal ash on its property. One company wants the to pay them to haul and hold in its Cumberland County strip mine.

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Family worries about cattle, health, livelihood after coal ash spill

beef cattle 100x100 Family worries about cattle, health, livelihood after coal ash spillEven though the Tennessee Valley Authority () is monitoring the air and water near Kingston, , for dangerous levels of toxins, Sandy Gupton takes water samples from the flooding on her farm just to be sure.

“Our farm is the largest acreage affected,” said Sandy’s husband Terry in an interview to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. “ does not want to admit that the spill has devastated our lives, tainted our land and reduced our livelihood to a fraction of what it was before the spill.”

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PR firm to use social media to improve image damaged by coal ash spill

social media 100x100 PR firm to use social media to improve image damaged by coal ash spillThe public relations firm that will likely handle the three-year, $1.9 million image campaign for Kingston, , will use social media to improve the area’s tarnished reputation, according to WATE-TV.

McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations LLC, which submitted a proposal and budget for the campaign, would use social media techniques such as blogs, blurbs and Twitter Tweets to highlight the positive side of Kingston.

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TVA asked to pay for PR campaign to improve image of damaged area

us money photo 100x100 TVA asked to pay for PR campaign to improve image of damaged areaThe Tennessee Valley Authority () is being asked to cover the cost of a three-year, $1.9 million public relations campaign aimed at improving the image of Kingston, . The nation’s largest public utility is being blamed for tarnishing the region’s reputation. Once thought of as a destination for water sports and recreation, the east community, which includes parts of the Emory River, is now covered in a mass of toxic debris that locals feel may cause them serious illness.

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Pennsylvania says no to TVA coal ash storage

Coal ash that poured from the Tennessee Valley Authority () Kingston, , Fossil Plant onto an east community last December and recovered by cleanup crews is far too toxic to be stored in Pennsylvania’s coal mines, according to officials in that state. Authorities issued a statement saying it has strict regulations for the material to be stored there.

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Poor, black counties to receive coal ash from TVA cleanup

Criticism continues to fly as the Tennessee Valley Authority () labors on with its extensive and expensive coal ash cleanup effort following the December 22, 2008, spill from its Kingston, , fossil fuel plant. A breach in an impoundment pond dumped more than a billion gallons of on to a neighboring community, destroying homes and damaging property in its wake. The Institute for Southern Studies now finds that the counties where the utility will be dumping much of the retrieved from the community in which it was spilled are largely populated by African Americans and have high poverty rates.

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Study: Cancer risk ‘disturbingly’ higher near coal ash ponds

eip logo 100x100 Study: Cancer risk disturbingly higher near coal ash pondsCancer rates among people living near coal ash ponds are “disturbingly high,” according to Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice, nonprofit organizations that studied Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data from 210 ponds across the United States. The data is compiled in a report titled, “Coming Clean: What EPA Knows About the Dangers of .”

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TVA ups coal ash cleanup costs to $975 million

us money photo 100x100 TVA ups coal ash cleanup costs to $975 millionThe huge cleanup effort by the nation’s largest public utility could cost as much as $150 million more than previously estimated, according to the Associated Press. The effort to restore 300 acres of east property damaged by the December 2008 coal ash spill from a Kingston, , coal-firing plant is also expected to take years to complete.

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EPA to begin inspection of coal ash storage areas

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will send its first teams of inspectors to coal ash storage areas across the country within weeks, according to Knoxville Business News. The inspections are the first step in developing new regulations for an industry not currently overseen by federal regulations.

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