Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee led to a slew of illnesses, including fatal cancers, have reached a settlement with the contractor who organized the cleanup for …
Sovereign immunity does not protect a federal contractor against a lawsuit filed by some 60 former employees seeking $3 billion in punitive damages for illnesses suffered after exposure to toxic coal ash during a clean-up project, a federal appellate court …
The Tennessee state agency charged with protecting the environment is suing the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) over its coal-burning power plant in Gallatin. The lawsuit, filed January 7 by the Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), claims unlined storage …
A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina, which, in turn, …
Nuclear power plant regulators want more specific information from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on how the utility plans to protect reactors in case of severe flooding. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission heard TVA’s flood …
The Tennessee Valley Authority is developing a worst-case flooding scenario that could require taller dams and more protection for nuclear reactors. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press , utility officials met Monday with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in …
The Tennessee Valley Authority is legally responsible for a 2008 accident that sent 5 million cubic yards of toxic coal sludge oozing into a small community in eastern Tennessee, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan …
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will invest as much as $5 billion to reduce coal-plant emissions to settle allegations of Clean Air Act violations at 11 coal-fired power plants in three states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. Federally …
