Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman with long blond hair stands near a Tennessee historical marker. Jessica Waller, whose father worked on cleanup of a ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Valley Authority is seeking inform the public and ask for its input regarding the utility’s coal ash management at a Dec. 11 meeting. The 20-member TVA Regional ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. —The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC) is hosting an open house and public hearing on Tuesday, August 26 to discuss the coal ash cleanup at the Tennessee Valley ...

(WBIR - Roane County) This weekend marks five years since one of the largest man-made environmental disasters in United States history unfolded right here in East Tennessee. On December 22, 2008, the ...

NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — About $42 million has been recovered in the last week by the Tennessee Valley Authority to help pay for more than $1 billion in expenses stemming from the cleanup at the 2008 ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is inviting the public to comment on an environmental review of options for addressing any groundwater protection standard impacts at one or more of TVA’s active or ...

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Kammeyer says TVA believes it will be prepared for whatever rules come out of EPA or Congress. “We've made our assumptions, and we're moving forward,” he says. “I think we're in a better position than ...

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.