Kelly Hearn, The Nation. May 20, 2009. Scientists fear that the TVA's plan for cleaning up its toxic sludge spill in Tennessee may do more harm than good.
Kelly Hearn, The Nation. April 3, 2009. Third-party tests have found high levels of toxins in the river water and in private wells, while the TVA has assured residents the water is safe.
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.
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.
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.
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.