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Aug 3, 2020 5:45 PM CDT

Trump Fires TVA Chair, Says CEO Is Next

He accuses corporation of hiring foreign workers

(Newser) - President Trump said Monday that he had fired the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority, criticizing the federal-owned corporation for hiring foreign workers. Trump told reporters at the White House that he was formally removing chair Skip Thompson and another member of the board, and he threatened to remove other...

Got $36M?
This Nuke Plant
Could be Yours

Got $36M? This Nuke Plant Could be Yours

Unfinished Alabama nuclear power plant goes on auction block next month

(Newser) - It's not the Brooklyn Bridge, but authorities in Alabama do have a nuclear power plant they want to sell you. Minimum bids for the never-finished Bellefonte nuke plant start at $36.4 million , which is essentially the value of the 1,400-acre patch of land on the Tennessee River...

For Sale: US Nuke Plant. Cheap

Sep 11, 2016 10:11 AM CDT

For Sale: US Nuke Plant. Cheap

TVA unloading $5B Bellefonte plant that was never finished for $36.4M

(Newser) - After spending more than 40 years and $5 billion on an unfinished nuclear power plant in Alabama, the nation's largest federal utility is preparing to sell the property at a fraction of its cost, reports the AP . The Tennessee Valley Authority has set a minimum bid of $36.4...

Tennessee Tests Massive Sludge Spill for Toxins

Dec 25, 2008 5:02 AM CST

Tennessee Tests Massive Sludge Spill for Toxins

Huge spill of coal ash has locals worried

(Newser) - EPA officials are working through Christmas running tests on a river of sludge that inundated 400 acres in Tennessee, the Tennessean reports. The gloop, coal ash waste that spilled from a power plant retention pond early Monday, is suspected of containing high levels of arsenic, lead, mercury, and other toxins....

River of Sludge
Wipes Out
Tenn. Homes

Dec 24, 2008 4:43 AM CST

River of Sludge Wipes Out Tenn. Homes

Hundreds of acres look like a moonscape after coal plant's pond collapses

(Newser) - A 500 million gallon spill of potentially toxic goop escaped from a Tennessee power plant to destroy the landscape, wreck 15 homes and contaminate local rivers, reports CNN. The sludgy residue of coal burning busted through the walls of a containing pond. Up to 400 acres have been coated in...

Sunny Days Here for Green Homeowners

Sep 8, 2007 2:59 PM CDT

Sunny Days Here for Green Homeowners

Thanks to subsidies and surplus, going green is paying off

(Newser) - Sunny days are here to stay for solar homes with roof-top panels, Forbes reports. Such green abodes can cover electricity costs in warm months and store enough to sell solar power to the grid for profit. Installation is expensive but viable thanks to government subsidies, especially in California, New Jersey...