Monthly Archives: December 2008

The Board Members of the Tennessee Valley Authority

The nine-member TVA Board of Directors sets policy and strategy for TVA. The members are nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve five-year terms. Their next board meeting is February 12 in Bristol, TN. Board

I Love Mountains.org Launches Comprehensive Web Section on TVA Spill

iLoveMountains.org, a coalition fighting mountaintop removal coal mining, of which Appalachian Voices is a partner organization has launched a comprehensive section of information including links to news, blog posts, photos, and videos of the event as well as detailed information

Coal wastes contaminate hundreds of sites in US

When the Environmental Protection Agency decided not to regulate coal fly ash in 2000, saying the materials were “non-hazardous,” environmental scientists were aghast, since many coal waste storage facilities had already appeared on toxic waste “superfund” lists and many others

Waterkeepers and Appalachian Voices take water samples at TVA spill

Environmental organizations teamed up Saturday to take water samples along the embattled Emory river despite attempts by authorities to keep them away. John L. Wathen, a Hurricane Creekkeeper; Sandra Diaz, Appalachian Voices’ National Field Coordinator; and Donna Lisenby, the Watauga

Appalachian Voices visits ground zero

Appalachian Voices’ National Field Coordinator Sandra Diaz and the Watauga RIverkeeper Donna Lisenby visited ground zero of the TVA coal fly ash spill in Harriman, TN, today, kayaking into the area hardest hit and taking water samples for independent study.

United Mountain Defense video from TVA spill

Folks from United Mountain Defense took a small boat up the Emory River and into ground zero of the Kingston Steam Plant coal ash spill.

Size of TVA spill is three times initial estimates, officials admit

A coal ash spill in eastern Tennessee that experts were already calling the largest environmental disaster of its kind in the United States is more than three times as large as initially estimated, according to an updated survey by the

App Voices takes flyover of TVA spill

Written by Harvard Ayers Founding Board Member, Appalachian Voices Yesterday, Christmas, December 25, 2008, around 4:30 PM, I flew over the fly ash spill at the TVA Kingston Coal Plant located on Interstate 40, about 30 miles west of Knoxville,

How Dangerous is coal fly ash?

Coal fly ash contains many toxic, carcinogenic and poisonous substances that are particularly dangerous in aquatic ecosystems. Most fly ash and coal combustion residue (CCR) is sent to landfills or abandoned mines. In some cases, such as the TVA Kingston

Tennessee Green finds residents worried, uninformed

(Photo courtesy Tennessee Green). Residents in the Harriman TN area near the Kingston power plant are not very well informed, Tennessee Green says. “It would be nice to find out something,” the web site quoted one resident as saying.

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