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Coal ash workers' case heard by Tennessee Supreme Court

Coal ash workers' case heard by Tennessee Supreme Court

Tennessee Supreme Court justices fired numerous questions Wednesday at a company that is challenging lawsuits alleging its workers were sickened or died after cleaning up the nation's worst coal ash spill, which happened more than a decade ago.

TVA coal ash mismanagement

Public records show TVA planned coal ash storage months before informing Memphians

The Southern Environmental Law Center found the Tennessee Valley Authority planned a coal ash storage site months before informing Memphis.
Ship carrying coal ash from Puerto Rico to Georgia spills ‘very nasty stuff’ off Jacksonville coast
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Ship carrying coal ash from Puerto Rico to Georgia spills ‘very nasty stuff’ off Jacksonville coast

On March 14, 2021, a cargo ship called the Bridgeport departed Guayama, Puerto Rico, bound for a private port in Jacksonville.
Duke Energy’s greenwashing campaign
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Duke Energy’s greenwashing campaign is slowly unravelling

Cities and towns in North Carolina are demanding better from a utility company with a dreadful environmental record.
dan river Coal ash spill

Coal ash spill just a bad memory in North Carolina 6 years later

The Dan River coal ash spill paints a stark portrait of what happens to a watershed and the people who live there when coal ash escapes.

Sickened Kingston coal ash workers claim company hid health risks, tampered with air monitors

Trial begins in lawsuit brought against contractor hired to clean up largest coal ash spill in U.S. history.
Another Kingston coal ash spill worker dies; lawsuit hearing nears
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Another Kingston coal ash spill worker dies; lawsuit hearing nears

More than 30 cleanup workers at the December 2008 TVA Kingston Fossil Fuel Power Plant coal ash spill are dead and at least 200 are sick or dying

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