TVA at Fault for Coal Ash Spill, Says Judge
A federal judge ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is liable for damages from the spill of a poisonous sludge of coal ash that contaminated 300 acres in a riverside community near Knoxville. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that the 2008 spill occurred following the failure of a pool containing a billion gallons of coal ash waste from a TVA power plant. In his decision, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas