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North Carolina Reverses Safety Warning on Well Water Near Duke Ash Dumps

North Carolina is reversing warnings about water that health officials said was too polluted to drink and now reassuring residents who live near pits that hold waste from decades of coal-burning for electricity that their well water is safe. The …

35M Gallons of Coal Ash Spilled in North Carolina

A team of academic researchers equipped with a drone estimates that up to 35 million gallons of coal ash and contaminated wastewater spilled into North Carolina’s Dan River earlier this month. Researchers at Wake Forest University’s Center for Energy, Environment …

TVA to Get $150M for Coal Ash Spill Cleanup

The Tennessee Valley Authority says it will receive another $150 million from an insurance company to help pay for the ongoing cleanup of the 2008 coal ash spill in Kingston, Tenn. ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd., a property and casualty insurance …

3 Years After Tennessee Ash Spill, Court Fight Continues

Three years after a huge spill of toxin-laden sludge in East Tennessee, most of the gray muck has been hauled off or hidden while hundreds of property owners who claim financial harm are mired in a court fight. No one …

TVA Attorney Says No Proof Negligence Caused Spill

An attorney for property owners seeking damages from a huge coal ash spill asked a judge to hold the Tennessee Valley Authority liable, disagreeing Wednesday with an attorney for the nation’s largest public utility who said the 2008 disaster wasn’t …

Trial Starts on Damage Lawsuits in TVA Ash Spill

The first federal trial on lawsuits seeking damages from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s huge coal ash spill is set to start. A bench trial on six lawsuits starts Thursday before U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan in Knoxville. The lawsuits seek …