[Pen-l] coal cleans up

["Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

from SLATE:
>The spill of coal ash in Tennessee hasn't received much attention in the national media, but it truly is a remarkable event. To get an idea of what it looks like to have an area covered by millions of cubic yards of ash, check out this aerial video from the Knoxville News Sentinel. Despite the extent of the damage, officials with the Tennessee Valley Authority, which runs the plant, still haven't given a clear signal as to whether the sludge is dangerous and has environmentalists once again arguing that the federal government should regulate coal ash as a hazardous material. Even though officials insist the ash isn't toxic, the NYT points out that a draft report by the Environmental Protection Agency found that ash contains carcinogens, and others have said it could pose health risks. And that's without mentioning the potential risk it could have for the environment. Despite widespread reports of dead fish downstream from the spill, officials say they haven't seen any. Environmentalists see this as further evidence that "clean coal" doesn't really exist.<

I remember my old SP-USA/DSOC days when we bragged about the TVA.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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