Strike Two: Another TVA Coal Sludge Spill in Northeast Alabama

Topics: Coal

On Dec. 22 the Tennessee Valley Authority spilled over a billion gallons of coal ash waste and sludge into the communities and waterways of Eastern Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. The spill was larger than the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989.

NOW, the Tennessee Valley Authority has had a second coal ash spill in northeast Alabama near their Widow’s Creek coal plant.

How long are we going to keep destroying communities with our dangerous addiction to coal?

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Posted on 9 January 2009

Tags: coal

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Scott Parkin currently works as Rainforest Action Network's Senior Campaigner on the Global Finance Campaign targeting mountaintop removal, the government agencies which allow it and the banks that fund it. Scott has worked in anti-corporate globalization, anti-war, labor and environmental movements for over a decade. Originally from Texas, Scott lives in San Francisco. Scott can be found on Twitter: @sparki1969

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