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TVA CEO still well paid after salary reduction

us money photo 100x100 TVA CEO still well paid after salary reductionThe massive coal ash spill from the Tennessee Valley Authority () coal-burning plant in Kingston, Tenn., that blanketed nearby community last year with toxic material has resulted in a 43 percent cut in pay for CEO Tom Kilgore. In its year-end financial report, Kilgore was paid $1.5 million in the fiscal year that ended September 30, nearly $1 million less than what he was paid the year before.

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Victims of TVA coal ash spill speak out at town meeting

angry mob by acwraith 100x100 Victims of TVA coal ash spill speak out at town meetingResidents of east affected by last December’s coal ash spill are still reeling six months after the toxic sludge poured down on their community, changing their lives forever. They expressed their anger at a meeting this week with Tennessee Valley Authority () officials at Roane State Community College.

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