Comments on: Tennessee coal ash slide, Day 3 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:43:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Scholars and Rogues » The Weekly Carboholic: OCO satellite lost, GOSAT gets “first light” http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-63720 Scholars and Rogues » The Weekly Carboholic: OCO satellite lost, GOSAT gets “first light” Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:57:26 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6205#comment-63720 [...] of hazardous coal ash from a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in Kingston, Tennessee (here, here, here, and here). Over a billion gallons of semi-solid ash mixed with water poured out from behind [...] [...] of hazardous coal ash from a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in Kingston, Tennessee (here, here, here, and here). Over a billion gallons of semi-solid ash mixed with water poured out from behind [...]

]]> By: Scholars and Rogues » Kingston, TN sings “Auld Lang Sludge” http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-60259 Scholars and Rogues » Kingston, TN sings “Auld Lang Sludge” Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:30:14 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6205#comment-60259 [...] have been taking some time off from blogging as well, which is why it’s been days since the last update on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal (ash) in the stocking story. So it’s past time [...] [...] have been taking some time off from blogging as well, which is why it’s been days since the last update on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal (ash) in the stocking story. So it’s past time [...]

]]> By: It’s Always Darkest Before The Dawn » Boztopia.com http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-60244 It’s Always Darkest Before The Dawn » Boztopia.com Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:47:30 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6205#comment-60244 [...] The Earth is still being polluted and its climate distorted at an incredible rate, leading to particularly horrific examples of our commitment to global self-destruction such as the Tennessee coal ash slide. [...] [...] The Earth is still being polluted and its climate distorted at an incredible rate, leading to particularly horrific examples of our commitment to global self-destruction such as the Tennessee coal ash slide. [...]

]]> By: Kingston Coal Ash Sludge Spill Over a Billion Gallons: Time to Take a Hard Look at the Coal Industry | Eco Friendly Mag http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-60214 Kingston Coal Ash Sludge Spill Over a Billion Gallons: Time to Take a Hard Look at the Coal Industry | Eco Friendly Mag Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:08:59 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6205#comment-60214 [...] Coal power devours landscapes, poisons the land and water, and yet it remains virtually unregulated in critical areas of impact. Smokestack emissions of sulfur dioxide (SOX), nitrous oxide (NOX), and mercury are regulated - to a certain extent - with SOX regulated through a Cap & Trade system that has been adopted by most large environmental groups as the mechanism to tackle global warming. However, federally mandated scrubbers on coal plants have led to the concentration of pollutants in coal ash, everything from arsenic, lead, mercury, thorium, and uranium. Yet, coal ash is not regulated as toxic waste - although the EPA is ‘considering’ doing so’. [...] [...] Coal power devours landscapes, poisons the land and water, and yet it remains virtually unregulated in critical areas of impact. Smokestack emissions of sulfur dioxide (SOX), nitrous oxide (NOX), and mercury are regulated – to a certain extent – with SOX regulated through a Cap & Trade system that has been adopted by most large environmental groups as the mechanism to tackle global warming. However, federally mandated scrubbers on coal plants have led to the concentration of pollutants in coal ash, everything from arsenic, lead, mercury, thorium, and uranium. Yet, coal ash is not regulated as toxic waste – although the EPA is ‘considering’ doing so’. [...]

]]> By: Kingston Coal Ash Sludge Spill Over a Billion Gallons: Time to Take a Hard Look at the Coal Industry « It’s Getting Hot In Here http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-60209 Kingston Coal Ash Sludge Spill Over a Billion Gallons: Time to Take a Hard Look at the Coal Industry « It’s Getting Hot In Here Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:44:58 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6205#comment-60209 [...] Coal power devours landscapes, poisons the land and water, and yet it remains virtually unregulated in critical areas of impact. Smokestack emissions of sulfur dioxide (SOX), nitrous oxide (NOX), and mercury are regulated - to a certain extent - with SOX regulated through a Cap & Trade system that has been adopted by most large environmental groups as the mechanism to tackle global warming. However, federally mandated scrubbers on coal plants have led to the concentration of pollutants in coal ash, everything from arsenic, lead, mercury, thorium, and uranium. Yet, coal ash is not regulated as toxic waste - although the EPA is ‘considering’ doing so’. [...] [...] Coal power devours landscapes, poisons the land and water, and yet it remains virtually unregulated in critical areas of impact. Smokestack emissions of sulfur dioxide (SOX), nitrous oxide (NOX), and mercury are regulated – to a certain extent – with SOX regulated through a Cap & Trade system that has been adopted by most large environmental groups as the mechanism to tackle global warming. However, federally mandated scrubbers on coal plants have led to the concentration of pollutants in coal ash, everything from arsenic, lead, mercury, thorium, and uranium. Yet, coal ash is not regulated as toxic waste – although the EPA is ‘considering’ doing so’. [...]

]]> By: Lex http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-60183 Lex Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:05:46 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6205#comment-60183 Brian, i stumbled across this: http://www.counterpunch.org/landon12262008.html and (linked within the article) this: http://www.unitedmountaindefense.org/ There is a link (upper left column) to on the ground photos in the second link. Brian, i stumbled across this:

http://www.counterpunch.org/landon12262008.html and (linked within the article) this:
http://www.unitedmountaindefense.org/

There is a link (upper left column) to on the ground photos in the second link.

]]> By: Ian @ NRDC http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-60120 Ian @ NRDC Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:20:41 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6205#comment-60120 Great round-ups of coverage on this incident! Great round-ups of coverage on this incident!

]]> By: Brian Angliss http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-60078 Brian Angliss Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:53:55 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6205#comment-60078 I understand that, Wulf - most folks are far more paranoid about radioactivity than they are about the more dangerous chemical threats all around them. But that doesn't change the fact that something that most people don't expect to be radioactive - coal combustion byproducts - actually are. I understand that, Wulf – most folks are far more paranoid about radioactivity than they are about the more dangerous chemical threats all around them. But that doesn’t change the fact that something that most people don’t expect to be radioactive – coal combustion byproducts – actually are.

]]> By: Wulf http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/24/tennessee-coal-ash-slide-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-60073 Wulf Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:07:24 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=6205#comment-60073 The concerns are chemical, not nuclear. Arsenic and mercury are in the coal ash and can get into water sources, but the Scientific American article you link is very misleading about radioactivity. <a href="http://www.atlasblogged.com/archives/2008/12/zomg_radioactiv.php" rel="nofollow">Please see my fisking of the nuclear concerns.</a> The concerns are chemical, not nuclear. Arsenic and mercury are in the coal ash and can get into water sources, but the Scientific American article you link is very misleading about radioactivity. Please see my fisking of the nuclear concerns.

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