Dumping in Dixie: TVA sends toxic coal ash to poor black communities in Georgia and Alabama

southernstudies.org | May. 12, 2009 (Investigative Report)

(Blog Post) The Tennessee Valley Authority has begun shipping toxic coal ash from the massive spill that occurred last December at its Kingston power plant in east Tennessee's Roane County to landfills in the neighboring states of Georgia and Alabama as part of a test to determine a final resting place for the waste.

The counties where the ash is going have large black populations and high poverty rates, raising questions about environmental justice. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Beth Wellington - Aug 29, 2009 - 1:39 PM PDT
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Edited by: Beth Wellington - Aug 29, 2009 - 1:54 PM PDT

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