Fly ash

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America’s waste winds up in poorest countries

On December 22nd, 2008, a Tennessee Valley coal-fired power plant ruptured, sending nearly one billion gallons of coal ash into a nearby river, where it turned to sludge. That hazardous sludge was shipped to a landfill site outside Uniontown, Alabama ? an area whose demographic is too poor for the kind of political clout that […]

Coal Byproduct, Hazardous Waste?

Coal Ash Controversy

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Kicking Coal

Another Dirty Side of Coal

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America’s waste winds up in poorest countries

Environment

Robert Bullard believes that America’s waste follows a troubling path of least resistance to the doorsteps of our country’s poor.

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Tennessee struggling to confront impact of coal ash spill

Environment

More than one billion gallons of coal ash have spilled through the valley adjacent to the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee, and now Tennessee Valley authorities have to figure out how to get rid of it and clean up the state.