TVA Coal Ash Disaster Clean-Up Promises Broken
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Just over a year ago in Roane County, Tennessee, the biggest industrial waste spill in U.S. history occurred when a dam broke at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston power plant. More than a billion gallons of toxic coal ash flowed into a nearby community and into the Clinch and Emory rivers. TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore told affected residents that the utility would clean up the waste in six to eight weeks. But one year later, the Emory River remains closed to public traffic near the spill, ponds in the area are still clogged with several feet of coal ash, and dust from the ash is a chronic problem for local residents, some of who complain of related health problems including coughing, nosebleeds and headaches.
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treewolf39
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The Exxon oil spill in Alaska still has not been cleaned up. It is cheaper for the corporation to keep appealing the judgement against them.
- 2 years ago
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treewolf39
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JanforGore
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Hell, they want to spread it on our crops to not have to clean up their mess.
- 2 years ago
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JanforGore
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bailey78
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What did Ya'll think was going to happen? Did ya'll really think they would clean that mess up at a cost to them? Thats not going to happen. They are not going to do a damn thing. This is going to be sweeped under the rug it won't be much longer and they will say that it would cost more and do more damage to clean it up than to just leave it alone for the Earth to take care of. I'm sorry to say thats the way I see it. The bigger the mess the less that gets done about it.
- 2 years ago
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bailey78
