Marfork, West Virginia — On the heels of the TVA coal ash sludge disaster in Harriman, Tennessee, where 1.1 billion gallons of toxic coal ash sludge collapsed into the Clinch and Emory Riveres, concerned citizens in southern West Virginia have been fighting to stop the coal mining of Coal River Mountain and to build instead the Coal River Wind project, which would create clean jobs in perpetuity.
Mike Roselle interview on TVA Coal Ash Sludge Spill, KPFA
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant in Harriman, TN, one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in history, released more than 1 billion gallons of toxic coal waste into the Emory and Clinch Rivers. photograph by Antrim Caskey
Flashpoints – February 5, 2009 at 5:00pm
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Day of Civil Disobedience on Coal River Mountain photographs by Antrim Caskey