Video showing what’s washed into the rivers near the spill site
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Tennessee Valley Authority coal fly ash slurry spill — Emory River
(There’s an annoying click in video — sorry; maybe they’ll edit that out at some point.)
This is the
largest-ever spill of coal fly ash slurry in the USA and has polluted land and waterways and destroyed homes as well as rendered others unusable until cleanup efforts occur.
It’s 50 times larger than the
Exxon Valdez oil spill in terms of volume of pollutant spilled, or roughly enough material to fill 1,600 Olympic-size swimming pools.
More Info:
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Tennessee coal sludge spill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TVA Coal is Killing Tennessee (includes more videos & high-res aerial fly-over photos)