coal ash spill Videos
Stephen Smith Live from Copenhagen
On December 18, 2009, Knoxville news Channel 6 (WATE) interviewed Dr. Stephen Smith, Executive Director of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), live from the Cophenhagen climate talks. Smith describes the situation at the Copenhagen climate conference and also goes in-depth on TVA's clean up efforts one year after the tragic coal ash spill in Roane County, Tennessee. ... "climate change" Copenhagen "clean energy" "Stephen Smith" SACE TVA "coal ash"
Author: SACEcleanenergy; Tags: climate change Copenhagen clean energy Stephen Smith SACE TVA coal ash
Swan Pond Community Says Politicians Failed Them Following TVA Coal-Ash Spill
Residents in the Swan Pond area talk about their frustration with Tennessee elected officials in the aftermath of TVA's coal ash spill. High-profile area political leaders like state Rep. Dennis Ferguson, US Sen. Bob Corker, Congressman Lincoln Davis and Congressman Jimmy Duncan have done little to exert pressure on TVA to heed the concerns of the community, they say, nor has the US Environmental Protection Agency or the state Department of Environment and Conservation. If anything ...
Author: tnreport; Tags: coal ash fly ash TVA Swan Pond Tennessee Harriman Kingston environment Bob Corker TDEC EPA Lincoln Davis Jimmy Duncan Dennis Ferguson Lisa Jackson
Swan Pond lost: The effects of the TVA coal ash spill near Harriman, Tenn.
An estimated 5.4 million cubic yards of sludge burst from a failed retention pond at a TVA Kingston fossil plant near Harriman, Tenn. in the early morning of Dec. 22, 2008. The aftermath of the spill has forever left an impact on the neighboring Swan Pond community. The online team at knoxnews.com has produced a video documentary exploring the impact on this community. Also, read ongoing coverage of the TVA coal ash spill: www.knoxnews.com
Author: knoxnews; Tags: TVA coal ash Swan Pond Kingston Harriman
Arrwohead Landfill concerned citizens.mov
proportions happened in Kingston Tennessee when a pond containing several Million cubic yards of coal ash burst into the Emory River. That ash is now being shipped by the train load to Perry County, Alabama, an Environmental Justice Community. It is then mixed with household garbage and the leachate trucked to nearby Marion Alabama. Listen to these citizens describe the horrible living conditions. ... kingston ash coal emory tennessee TVA spill disaster alabama ADEM EPA creekkeeper ...
Author: hccreekkeeper; Tags: kingston ash coal emory tennessee TVA spill disaster alabama ADEM EPA creekkeeper waterkeeper riverkeeper citizens council
TVA Coal Ash Spill 2
More video of the Dec. 2008 coal ash spill at TVA's Kingston Steam Plant in Roane County, Tenn. This was shot on Lakeshore Drive, one of the main areas impacted by the spill.
Author: cooper4205; Tags: TVA coal ash coal ash coal ash spill TVA Kingston Kingston ash spill Emory River Swan Pond
TVA Coal Ash Spill
Some video of the aftermath of TVA's Dec. 2008 coal ash spill in Kingston, Tenn. This video wash shot a few days after the spill occurred.
Author: cooper4205; Tags: TVA coal ash Kingston coal slurry ash spill roane county TVA Kingston sludge
TVA Coal Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee
The coal ash pond that ruptured and sent a billion gallons of toxic sludge across 300 acres of East Tennessee on December 22, 2008 was only one of more than 1300 similar dumps across the United States - most of them unregulated and unmonitored - that contain billions more gallons of fly ash and other byproducts of burning coal. Like the one in Tennessee, most of these dumps, which reach up to 1500 acres, contain heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury and selenium, which are considered by ...
Author: MrRick46; Tags: Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Coal Ash Spill Coal Fly Ash Coal Coal Ash Fly Ash Kingston Tn Harriman Tn disaster disasters catastrophe catastrophies sludge mess mess ups cleanups Kingston Steam Plant Fossil Plant
