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 ...

KINGSTON, Tenn — The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its handling of a massive coal ash spill a decade ago, ...

BUCKS, Ala. (WALA) - A new study highlighted by Mobile Baykeeper shows elevated levels of toxic metals near the coast ash pond at Plant Barry. Published in the journal Science, the study suggests ...

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 ...

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 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.