KINGSTON, Tenn. (WATE) — Monday marked 17 years since the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Ash Spill in Roane County. It remains the biggest industrial spill in U.S. history. The spill happened when a ...

This story is part of The Tennessean’s Notorious Nashville series, which takes a look back at some of the city’s most provocative news stories of the 21st century so far. After a coal ash pond ...

In East Tennessee, we know what coal ash can do to people. When a dike holding coal ash from TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant broke in December 2008, workers across the region were called in to help clean ...

A civil lawsuit filed earlier this month says there are 180 new cases of workers claiming they contracted illnesses or died from toxic fly ash exposure stemming from cleanup a coal ash spill in ...

An aerial photograph of the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill in Roane County, Tenn. on Dec. 23, 2008. This story was originally published on Utility Dive. To receive daily news and ...

ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Construction is underway on the new Kingston Gas Plant, which is set to replace the Kingston fossil plant in 2027. The fossil plant has been producing coal-powered energy ...

KINGSTON, Tenn. — The transformation of an old coal plant into a new solar, gas and battery mega-plex is underway in Kingston. It will take the place of the Kingston Fossil Plant, which just marked 70 ...

A new study has found that heavy metal contamination of the Mobile River, near Alabama Power’s Plant Barry, rivals the levels seen after the 2008 coal ash spill in Tennessee, one of the worst ...

The utility industry is trying to roll back coal ash regulation passed after the 2008 Kingston disaster, and the EPA is listening. Even if you don’t live next to a coal plant, this could affect you.