An Environmental 9/11 in Tennessee

When I first heard about this I thought that maybe this was a mistake or an image from some old story that happened decades ago. This is disgusting and the perfect ending tribute to those guys who currently reside in the White House. Does anyone honestly think that this could have happened if Al Gore had been elected in 2000? In Tennessee no less? We as a country should never forget how horrible these years have been and make sure that we always elect the most qualified, best candidates to be our elected officials.

This should clearly be labeled a "Super Fund Site”, by now there should be thousands of worker with millions of fed dollars cleaning up the site. The fact that this has not happened yet makes me wonder if someone has been paid off.

Qualles: You should take a photo of a real hydrogen explosion for your icon it looks better than that crayon drawing.

1.This greenpeace doesn't sound very trustworthy.
2. Stop saying people are being paid off without proof. legitimate proof that it's being done. big media doesn't need to cover this because it only affects a relatively small amount of people.

im having a emotional 9/11

The EPA will investigate this just a little until the news dies down and then impose a small fine just like they did with the BP pipeline break about 2 years ago.

Why not post from a real news site instead of a blog?

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/25/america/25sludge.php

My father-in-law who lives in Kingston, Tennessee, and who is a powerplant engineer (not employed by TVA), says that it isn't really a big deal except to TVA since they have to pay to clean it up. He says the health risks are minimal, and that he isn't worried. Sounds good enough for me.

I think I read somewhere that coal is significantly more radioactive than D.U. Then, not only are Earthlings going to suffer from the heavy metals and other poisons present, but they could potentially become contaminated by radiation poisoning, if what I have read is indeed correct. It's catastrophes like these that make me feel misanthropic.

Can local water cleaning facilities clean out the toxic materials?

Is the material in the water, or just on top and we can contain it?

Will it affect ATL's water?

Well I'm not drinking any tap water for awhile, not that the tap water in Alabama has ever been that great.

Things are going downhill fast.

People know about these things and it still happens.

What's next?

Greenpeace is complaining, and, as usual, nobody could care less.

Just another byproduct of the new deal...

It's so sad how this event happened on monday and only a few people are really recognizing this horrible situation now.

Take a good look at the pictures from Tennessee, this is clean coal and the lie about clean coal.

Tennessee Valley Authority says the drinking water is safe? If that's true, how long do you suppose before it gets into the water table? And are you kidding me? Mix up some of that sludge with some bottled water and see if the coal execs will drink it.

they have failed to do their job and we have failed to protect our home. Now we must all accept and live with the consequences of the actions taken by humanity. But allowing the possibility for events like this to continue to exist will reflect the true nature of ourselves; passiveness, lack of sense of responsibility, disregard for future generations and their home, lack of compassion, fearfulness, we will live meaningless existences.

Merry Christmas, Earth.

According to Wiki and tfhrc.gov coal fly ash is re-used in construction for pavement, concrete, and asphalt. It is not toxic in of itself, but fine airborne particles can cause lung problems and ground run-off increases PH levels in water resources.

see:
http://www.tfhrc.gov/hnr20/recycle/waste/cfa51.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_ash#Exposure_concerns

In my opinion, and its only that, comparing this to the events of September 11th is in very poor taste.

This isn't the way to create 3 million Jobs...

How in god's name do you handle a situation like this while adversely affecting as few people as possible?

What a monumental task.

It is time the energy companies start cleaning up their mistakes. They need to take some responsibility for their actions and clean this mess up if they still plan on doing business in Tennessee.

Has the Governor of Tennessee declared a state of emergency? Oh wait, what am I thinking? Of course not, because that would lndicate there was something that needed to be categorized as an emergency. We can't have the TVA and coal companies looking bad now can we? Another clear example of good ole boys government.

This can also happen with "clean" coal.