EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

By John Solomon

Utilities craft plans for safer storage of a toxic coal power byproduct

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kingston":

"… t step toward improving coal ash storage and avoiding a repeat of the 2008 Kingston, Tenn., disaster. "EPA is committed to making communities across the count …"

"… atastrophic collapse of a storage pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston, Tenn., plant on Dec. 22, 2008, sent 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash i …"

An uncommon outcome at Holy Cross

By Kristin Jones

Expulsion rarely results from college disciplinary actions in sexual assault cases, making the Holy Cross case a notable exception.

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"… entally flawed,” and “ridiculous,” says Jordan, now a law student in Kingston. In a letter to the Holy Cross president, he appealed the board’s decisi …"

Delay in coal ash regulation prompts protest from Ohio group

By Kristen Lombardi

An agitated citizen’s group met with White House officials on Monday to press for long-delayed action on the dangers of coal ash — an envi

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"… Tennessee, is being dumped. Every day, a 110-car train trucks the ash from Kingston, TN to a landfill built for garbage in Perry County. In his Coal Watch blo …"

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The Murtha Method

By The Center for Public Integrity

For months, a cloud has swirled around Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee,

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alabama":

"… at the end of 2004, one of his first clients was Radiance Technologies, an Alabama-based company with an office in Wichita. Ayers has donated $11,400 to Tiah …"

Republicans score another symbolic defeat for EPA — this time over toxic coal ash

By Alexandra Duszak

Lack of federal oversight of coal ash cleanup continues with recent House legislation

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"… istration specifically cited the 2008 failure of a coal ash impoundment in Kingston, Tenn. where more than five million cubic yards of coal ash were spilled, …"

"… spill from a disposal pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in Kingston, Tenn., flooded hundreds of acres of land, damaged homes, and killed fish …"