Tennessee Coal Slurry Retention Pond Disaster [video]

Earlier today, Taylor Shelton, our resident expert on the politics of coal reported on the devastating coal slurry impoundment disaster in Tennessee. Well, apparently the story isn’t getting much play in the mainstream media. This video should help:

Hat tip to Chloe White of the News Sentinel and to moutainjustice on YouTube



About Timothy B. Hurst

Tim is the founder of ecopolitology and the executive editor at LiveOAK Media where he writes regularly about the politics of energy and the environment, green business and clean tech.
 
When not reading, writing, thinking or talking about environmental politics with anyone who will listen, Tim spends his time skiing in Colorado's high country, hiking with his dog, and getting dirty in his vegetable garden.

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