Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Dam Breach in Tennessee Releases Tsunami of Toxic Coal Sludge | SolveClimate.com

Dam Breach in Tennessee Releases Tsunami of Toxic Coal Sludge | SolveClimate.com: "A small mountain of toxic coal sludge stored in a pond near a TVA power plant in Kingston, Tennessee broke through a dike on Monday at 1 am. The sudden flow covered dozens of homes, caused a train wreck and covered more than 400 acres so far.

THE EPA has estimated the spill of the slurry to be 2.6 million cubic yards, which has muddied the waters in the Emory river and is flowing into tributaries of the Tennessee River - the water supply for Chattanooga TN and millions of people living downstream in Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky.

According to the Tennessean, a local paper:"

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