A giant wave of more than 1 billion gallons of toxic coal sludge came barreling down on a community in eastern Tennessee from the nearby Kingston Coal plant over the holidays. The disaster is 48 times larger than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Tens of thousands of people in surrounding counties are now searching for clean drinking water. Yes, here in America.

This was not a natural disaster. This was a "man-made" disaster tied directly to our reliance on dirty energy, and it's only the tip of the iceberg. More than half of the country lives within 30 miles of a coal plant like the one in Tennessee.

The Coal industry spent over $45 million last year trying to convince Americans that the dirtiest fuel on the planet is in fact "clean." This just proves that in reality, there's no such thing as "clean coal."

What can be done?

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written by kim, January 07, 2009

Hi 2renew/ecoforward - Thank you for posting this on posipeople. I signed up to the 1sky - I've been following the Tennessee coal ash spill and have been wondering where is the outrage and the activism to follow-up on that. I will post the 1sky website onto posipeople, so that those readers can go sign up too. Thanks again for the activism suggestions!

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written by BP, January 12, 2009

I am amazed on how many people either don't realize or understand how much money industry puts into self marketing. There are people out there whose only job is to make the big and the bad look good and green. They play with the definitions of labels like green and eco friendly to suit their needs. Although not easy to do one should not take the word of a company that came from the company. Always ask Why? Who is paying for the info? Who is benefitting from the info? Who is getting screwed? Thanks for your time

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