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coal ash

Workers got sick after cleaning up TVA’s coal ash. A new book recounts their fight for justice.

Caroline Eggers

March 13, 2025

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In 2008, the Tennessee Valley Authority became the face of the largest industrial disaster in U.S. history.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: coal, coal ash, fossil fuels, Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee residents are tired of coal ash pollution. TDEC could help.

Caroline Eggers

January 26, 2023

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The Tennessee Valley Authority is retiring its Bull Run Fossil Plant by the end of this year. But the utility still has not announced a plan to deal with its coal ash.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: coal, coal ash, fossil fuels, Tennessee Valley Authority

Kingston coal ash cleanup workers still seek damages more than 13 years after spill

This Is Nashville

May 23, 2022

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More than 50 workers at the site of the 2008 Kingston coal ash spill in Roane County, Tenn., have died and hundreds more have fallen ill. Journalist Jamie Satterfield joined This Is Nashville on Monday to talk about a recent court ruling in favor of the workers and why she continues to cover their stories after years of reporting.

Filed Under: Environment, News Hits, WPLN News Tagged With: coal ash, TVA

Rebroadcast: Celebrating Nashville’s LGBTQ+ community, past and present

Mack Linebaugh

May 23, 2022

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This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired on March 18. But first, guest host Nina Cardona is joined by Tennessee Lookout reporter Jamie Satterfield to explain the latest federal court ruling regarding the 2008 Kingston coal ash spill.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: coal ash, lgbtq, TVA

Tennessee was ‘ground zero’ for coal ash pollution. Now, EPA is promising cleanups.

Caroline Eggers

January 24, 2022

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In 2008, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant dumped 5.4 million cubic yards, or 1 billion gallons, of coal ash slurry into the local environment.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: coal ash, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Southern Environmental Law Center, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

Workers Who Cleaned Up The Kingston Coal Ash Spill Say They Were Misled About The Danger

Jason Moon Wilkins

August 24, 2018

Listen It’s been a decade since the Kingston Coal Ash Spill became the worst disaster of its kind in U.S. history. More than 1 billion gallons of the byproduct — made by burning coal to produce electricity — poured out over hundreds of acres in Roane County. Now the workers tasked with cleaning up the […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: coal ash, environment

Federal Judge Orders TVA To Protect River From Its Gallatin Ash Pile

Blake Farmer

August 4, 2017

The Tennessee Valley Authority may have no choice but to move a mountain of coal ash by its power plant in Gallatin. A federal judge ruled against the utility Friday, ordering TVA to excavate the decades of waste and move it to a more appropriate site. 

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: coal ash, TVA

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