Attorneys agree no new liability trial in TVA coal ash spill
Attorneys for property owners seeking damages from TVA's coal ash spill have agreed to call off a second trial on the federal utility's liability that was set to begin Nov. 1.
View ArticleEditorial: House vote to strip the EPA of authority over coal ash disposal
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a misguided bill last week that would block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal ash.
View ArticleCoal storage heap may eat neighbors out of house, home
The Tennessee Valley Authority says its dry coal ash and gypsum storage site at the Bull Run Fossil Plant in the Claxton community is hungry for land and needs to gobble up adjoining property to...
View ArticleJudge weighing more plaintiffs, mediation in TVA fly ash suits
Plaintiffs' lawyers today talked about adding 300 people to the list of those suing TVA over the Kingston coal fly ash spill, but also broached the idea of working with the federal utility toward a...
View ArticleTVA trial raises questions of culture
James Settles recalled there was something a little sad about walking the dikes at the Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash impoundment on Dec. 18, 2008.
View ArticleThree years later, Kingston ash spill cleanup continues
HARRIMAN — The end is in sight, and the trust is back. So says a TVA executive of the ongoing cleanup of the catastrophic ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant and the public's perception of TVA's...
View ArticleRogero names engineering director
Jim Hagerman, a former TVA engineer and project leader, was named Knoxville's director of engineering Tuesday.
View ArticleEditorial: Three years later, TVA meeting ash cleanup deadlines, rebuilding...
Tennessee Valley Authority Senior Vice President Bob Deacy was on target when he said, referring to the 2008 coal ash spill in Roane County, "It's been a long three years."
View Article'So they don't forget': Monument from 9/11 girder dedicated in Roane County
HARRIMAN — In a ceremony steeped in patriotism and laden with symbolism, a monument paying tribute to the sacrifices endured during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, was dedicated Tuesday.
View ArticleEPA outlines river bottom coal ash cleanup options
KINGSTON — Leave it, cover it or scoop it. Those are the three options for dealing with some 500,000 cubic yards of coal ash that coat the Emory and Clinch river bottoms for several miles after the...
View ArticleFound liable, TVA faces 800 plaintiffs in ash spill trial
With TVA ruled liable for the failure of a coal ash storage cell at the Kingston Fossil Plant, a federal judge has given lawyers 21 days to file briefs on how they think a damages phase involving 800...
View ArticleActivists praise ruling in TVA ash spill case
Sarah McCoin was surprised that a federal judge found TVA liable for the 2008 ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant. It was a happy surprise, though.
View ArticleRoane school system spends millions from TVA payment on upgrades
KINGSTON — The Roane County School System has wrapped up major building upgrades and new school construction underwritten by a special TVA payment.
View ArticleTVA argues against mediation in ash-spill case
TVA said in a court filing Tuesday it opposes plaintiffs' call for mediation in the Kingston coal ash lawsuits at least partly because TVA might still be exposed to additional claims until 2014 under...
View ArticlePlaintiffs renew call for mediation in TVA ash trial
Plaintiffs suing TVA over the Kingston coal ash spill are again urging the court to order both parties to mediate a settlement — a route TVA said in a recent court filing that it opposes.
View ArticleEPA decision Nov. 6 on final coal ash cleanup
KINGSTON — The Environmental Protection Agency's decision on how to proceed with the final phase of TVA's cleanup of coal ash spilled in a 2008 calamity will be issued Nov. 6, an official said.
View ArticleEditorial: Let natural processes finish coal ash cleanup
State and federal regulators have signed off on a plan to leave residual coal ash in place in riverbeds downstream from the Kingston Fossil Plant, site of the massive 2008 spill.
View ArticleDelay in coal ash regulation leaves environmentalists fuming
WASHINGTON — Environmentalists were optimistic after the catastrophic spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant that the federal government would finally regulate the storage of...
View ArticleKnoxville lawyer Pamela Reeves to mediate in TVA ash-spill case
A Knoxville attorney is one of two people who have been appointed as mediators in a class-action lawsuit linked to the 2008 TVA coal ash spill in Roane County.
View ArticleEditorial: Mediators well chosen to resolve ash spill claims
A federal judge has signed off on mediators who will determine damages to be awarded plaintiffs in lawsuits against the Tennessee Valley Authority over the December 2008 Kingston coal ash spill.
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