Coal Ash Destined for AL Landfill
The landfilling of 3.9 million tons of coal ash from a spill at TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant may or may not be a boon to one of Alabama's poorest counties.
Source: Tuscaloosa News, 06/29/2009
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"Report: TVA Dikes on 'Verge of Failure' Pre-Spill"
"The earthen dikes supporting a huge coal ash landfill at a Tennessee power plant were 'on the verge of failure' long before they collapsed and sent tons of toxic muck into a river and lakeside community, an engineering consultant said Thursday."
Source: AP, 06/26/2009
Beach Nourishment: Supreme Court To Decide Who Owns the New Sand
When governments or communities pay to replenish beaches along privately owned beachfront property — or create new beaches by trucking in sand — what does that mean for the landowners' waterfront rights and property value?
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Levee-Busting in Louisiana
Two brothers are busting levees to return the Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge to its primeval condition.
Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2009
Two Agencies Hide Neglect of Coal-Dam Safety with Secrecy
US EPA and Army Corps of Engineers say they "cannot make the list of 'high hazard' coal ash impoundment sites public," even though risk to communities exists -- like the December 2008 pond failure at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee.
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"Ghosts of Gas Stations Past Haunt Roadsides"
Abandoned gas stations dot some Florida highways. Economic conditions bear part of the blame. But operators' inability to pay for replacement of old, leaky tanks ironically may be causing more old tanks to be left in the ground.
Source: Ft. Myers News-Press, 06/15/2009
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