A Flood of Ash: The Fight for Justice in Kingston, Tennessee

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By Craig ThompsonFeb 13, 2025, 12:54 pm87 pts
Just before Christmas in 2008 in the Tennessee town of Kingston, a pile of coal ash located near the Kingston Fossil Plant broke free and spread into the 300 acres surrounding the plant and eventually into the Emory River Channel. The six-story high pile of coal ash – residue from burning coal – had…

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