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Years after Tenn. disaster, coal-ash rules still stalled
Four years ago Saturday, a coal-ash dike ruptured at a TVA plant west of Knoxville, Tenn. More than a billion gallons of wet ash from the coal-fired power plant poured into streams, fields and homes. President Obama and his U.S. Environmental Protection Agency promised to issue the first-ever comprehensive federal regulations. But today, the EPA plan remains stalled.
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Years after Tenn. disaster, coal-ash rules still stalled
Four years ago Saturday, a coal-ash dike ruptured at a TVA plant west of Knoxville, Tenn. More than a billion gallons of wet ash from the coal-fired power plant poured into streams, fields and homes. President Obama and his U.S. Environmental Protection Agency promised to issue the first-ever comprehensive federal regulations. But today, the EPA plan remains stalled.
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