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Press Mention The Wall Street Journal August 22, 2012

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Utility Is Liable in Ash Spill

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A federal judge ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority is liable for damages from a 2008 coal ash spill near Kingston, Tennessee that released over a billion gallons of toxic coal ash into nearby rivers and covered approximately 300 acres with toxic sludge. Judge Thomas Varlan found the TVA negligent for failing to properly maintain the dike at the coal-burning power plant's waste pool. The article does not mention SACE or any clean energy advocacy organizations.

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Utility Is Liable in Ash Spill

BY CASSANDRA SWEET AND CAMERON MCWHIRTER

The Tennessee Valley Authority is liable for damages from a wave of toxic coal ash that destroyed homes and polluted waterways near Kingston, Tenn., just before Christmas 2008, a federal judge in Knoxville ruled Thursday.

The spill occurred after a dike failed at a pool holding waste from the utility's coal-burning power plant, sending more than a billion gallons of wet coal ash into nearby rivers and covering about 300 acres with toxic sludge.

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Varlan blamed the TVA for the accident, writing that the federally owned utility was negligent, and if it had properly followed ...