Comments on: Coal Ash Slurry Pond Bursts in Tennessee

By: Another Eco Disaster Involving Toxic Sludge « FUTURISM NOW

Another Eco Disaster Involving Toxic Sludge « FUTURISM NOW — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:36:33 +0000

[...] looks rather thin to be true sludge, like that from a coal ash holding pond for instance. (In Tennessee it was called sludge and slurry.) The point is that it’s toxic, it’s deadly, it contains lead, and it is burning the [...]

By: America Can Do Better « It’s Getting Hot In Here

America Can Do Better « It’s Getting Hot In Here — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:22:22 +0000

[...] families didn’t have to be left with 300 acres of poisoned land and broken homes after the worst coal ash release in U.S. history on December 22nd, 2008. It is the year 2010. Energy does not have to cost lives. [...]

By: Transition Staunton Augusta » Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Transition Staunton Augusta » Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:45:09 +0000

[...] that we don’t have to look at the dump pile of discards floating out at sea or the dangerous coal ash slurry ponds surrounding mountaintop removal [...]

By: Top 10 Youth Climate Events of the Decade @ EnviroKnow

Top 10 Youth Climate Events of the Decade @ EnviroKnow — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:14:10 +0000

[...] December 2008 – Youth climate journalist breaks story of Tennessee Coal Ash spill 100 times bigger than Exxon Valdez [...]

By: Top 10 Youth Climate Moments of the ’00s « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:52:29 +0000

[...] December 2008 – Youth climate journalist breaks story of Tennessee Coal Ash spill 100 times bigger than Exxon Valdez [...]

By: This is “Clean Coal”: Massive Coal Sludge Spill Dwarfs Exxon Valdez Disaster | Powered Naturally - Wind, Water, Sun

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:21:18 +0000

[...] is the kind of scary thing that people living with coal worryabout every day,”notes Dana, a West Virginia-based activist with theStudent Environmental Action [...]

By: Rainy March in March - TVA Headquarters « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Rainy March in March - TVA Headquarters « It’s Getting Hot In Here — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:42:16 +0000

[...] From the Mountain Justice website: “Local residents joined dozens of activists from across the country today in a demonstration at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s headquarters, which resulted in the arrest of 14 individuals, after participating in a “die in” in front of the building . This event was held in solidarity with communities affected by the destructive impacts of Mountaintop Removal coal mining and the survivors of the recent coal ash disaster in Harriman.” [...]

By: Boycott Clean Coal & the Ed Shultz Show « Grassroots Grow - People Taking Action

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:37:28 +0000

[...] LINKS: TVA Disaster Worst SE Environmental Disaster Ever http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/22/coal-ash-slurry-pond-bursts-in-tennessee/ [...]

By: Concerned Citizen

Concerned Citizen — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:20:31 +0000

I can’t believe that they are allowed to store this stuff the way they do. I called my congressman
And asked him about this and what can be done about this and all he said was they have bigger fish to fry. He said
They have a bigger problem with all of the monster rain that we have been having. Well slap me in the ass with a handfull of grapes. I’m tired of politicans and TVA. Who will get fined for this?

By: The Understory » Activists on the Ground at Tennessee Coal Ash Spill Disaster

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:37:41 +0000

[...] the story by sealing off the area for “public safety” reasons, but now in the age of bloggers, independent media and online video that has been impossible. Out of nowhere, the New York Times [...]