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The Human Impact: What TVA Isn't Saying about the Coal Spill Disaster

Erin Brockovich, Robin Greenwald, Huffington Post. January 13, 2009.

What does the future hold for the public's health and safety? Overnight, a whole community's lifestyle is gone.

Coal Companies Spend Staggering Revenue on Advertising, Not Cleaner Technology or Safety

Josh Dorner, Sierra Club AlterNet: Water. January 13, 2009.

And what did the famously loquacious industry mouthpiece have to say about the sludge spill? Not a single word.

Holding TVA's Feet to the Fire in Coal Ash Spill

Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club AlterNet: Water. January 6, 2009.

It was a tragedy of epic proportions, and this massive spill reminds us that coal is not clean, and coal is not cheap.

Can America Clean Up from Its Worst Environmental Disaster? [Contains Photo Slideshow]

Antrim Caskey, AlterNet. January 5, 2009.

With the breaking of a coal waste dam in Tennessee, environmental and human health is threatened by millions of pounds of toxic chemicals.

How Much Money Do You Give to the Coal Industry?

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Huffington Post. November 30, 2007.

Where does your energy come from and how dirty is it? A new website allows you to see your link to coal.