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  Nobody Could Have Anticipated ....

  Just repeat that line over and over. It's been America's mantra for the past 8 years.On TVA could have planned for a normal accident such as the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tenn. posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago 3 Responses

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  This is a HUGE story

  TVA has revised their estimate of the size of the spill three times. Latest estimate is 1 billion gallons.

  You'd think they'd know how much crap was in their sludge pund, seeing as how they'd had to repair it twice already and it was nearing the end of its lifespan. Guess they don't keep track of that sort of stuff.

  Coal is used to generate 50% of the power in this country. Not every power plant uses the same wet ash disposal methods of the Kingston TVA plant, but every single coal fired power plant generates ash of some kind. Everyone in this country should be concerned because chances are they have a potential Superfund site in their own backyards.

  Hope to see Grist cover this more fully in the coming days. Goodness known CNN isn't ...On Giant pond of coal ash escapes, floods Tennessee homes posted 11 months ago 5 Responses