http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Tennessee_Valley_AuthorityFind stories, videos, and photos about Tennessee Valley Authority from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:06:31 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/US/09/14/tennessee.sludge.spill/tztop.coal.ash.spill.house.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Tennessee_Valley_Authority14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Tennessee Valley Authority from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/14/tennessee.sludge.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/14/tennessee.sludge.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Tennessee community that was buried under more than a billion gallons of coal sludge last year is getting $40 million from the nation's largest public utility for economic development projects.Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/13/coal.ash.illnesses/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/13/coal.ash.illnesses/index.html#cnnSTCTextPamela Hampton stands at the kitchen sink, her gaze trained out of the window of her family's small hillside home. The disaster site is not visible from where she stands, but she knows it is there, down the hill, around a short stretch of highway, less than a mile away.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/20/recycled.coal.uses/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/20/recycled.coal.uses/index.html#cnnSTCTextDespite the destruction it caused in a massive spill near a Tennessee power plant in December, coal ash has found many uses that benefit industry and even the environment.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/08/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/08/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTextEnvironmental activist Erin Brockovich was in Kingston, Tennessee, on Thursday to speak with residents affected by a massive spill of coal sludge from a nearby coal-fired plant.Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTextEstimates for the amount of thick sludge that gushed from a Tennessee coal plant last week have tripled to more than a billion gallons, as cleanup crews try to remove the goop from homes and railroads and halt its oozing into an adjacent river.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/30/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/30/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTextA real estate developer has filed a $165 million lawsuit against the nation's largest public utility, claiming damages from a massive coal sludge spill that dumped more than a billion gallons of waste into central Tennessee.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/02/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/02/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe drinking water in the area of last month's coal-sludge spill in eastern Tennessee is safe, but elevated levels of arsenic have been found in the sludge, authorities said.Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/29/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/29/tennessee.sludge/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Environmental Protection Agency has found high levels of arsenic and heavy metals in two rivers in central Tennessee that are near the site of a spill that unleashed more than a billion gallons of coal waste.Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/23/tennessee.sludge.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/23/tennessee.sludge.spill/index.html#cnnSTCTextA wall holding back 80 acres of sludge from a coal plant in central Tennessee broke this week, spilling more than 500 million gallons of waste into the surrounding area.Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/21/cyber.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/21/cyber.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe nation's largest publicly owned utility company may be vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a new report. Wed, 21 May 2008 21:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/08/smbusiness/entrepreneurial_couples.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/08/smbusiness/entrepreneurial_couples.fsb/index.htmSome men and women are meant to be just friends; others inexplicably click, fall in love, and become couples for life..Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:26:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1661310,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1661310,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn Army helicopter on a training flight in foggy weather struck a power line and crashed in northeast Alabama, killing all three soldiers on boardWed, 12 Sep 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/21/news/economy/pluggedin_gunther_grid.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/21/news/economy/pluggedin_gunther_grid.fortune/index.htmHere's an idea that won't spark much controversy: To provide clean, reliable and affordable energy, and to effectively fight global warming, America needs to upgrade its electricity grid.Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/07/24/8381688/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/07/24/8381688/index.htmIn the switching yard at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, about 20 miles outside Chattanooga, stand eight gigantic transformers. The huge machines, which weigh nearly 700 tons each and dwarf the hard-hatte... Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/21/emissions.lawsuit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/21/emissions.lawsuit/index.htmlEight states and New York City are suing five of the nation's power companies to force them to decrease carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday.Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:47:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/05/01/367319/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/05/01/367319/index.htmClose readers of Warren Buffett's most recent annual letter to Berkshire shareholders discovered that the Oracle of Omaha gets ideas from surprising places. For five years, Al Auxier, a professor a...Sat, 01 May 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/05/13/322907/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/05/13/322907/index.htmImagine earning 5% annual interest on a fixed-income investment--but unlike the highest-yielding CDs, this one requires only a two-year commitment. Sounds enticing, given the paltry rates money mar...Mon, 13 May 2002 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/06/265323/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/06/265323/index.htmSo, what do you like in the market? I always dread that question. My mind flashes forward to a scene years from now, when someone who has taken my advice rises from the gutter where it put him to h...Mon, 06 Sep 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/08/01/229759/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/08/01/229759/index.htmEvery retired investor who values his financial security must be keenly attuned to the creeping threat posed by inflation. Could that be why those new inflation-indexed 10-year Treasury notes sound...Fri, 01 Aug 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/15/76524/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/15/76524/index.htmIncoming Postmaster General Marvin Runyon earned his ''Carvin' Marvin'' nickname as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, where he reduced the head count from 33,000 in 1988 to 20,000. He als...Mon, 15 Jun 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/12/05/71342/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/12/05/71342/index.htmWhy would a man with 45 years of experience in the auto industry -- including 37 years with Ford -- leave a lucrative job as CEO of Nissan's U.S. subsidiary to take over the Tennessee Valley Author...Mon, 05 Dec 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/11/23/69906/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/11/23/69906/index.htmFew government programs have proved as benighted as the federal operation to enrich uranium for use as nuclear fuel in generating electricity. The effort has cost taxpayers billions and given them ...Mon, 23 Nov 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/02/02/68640/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/02/02/68640/index.htmRetired U.S. Navy Admiral Steven White took over the Tennessee Valley Authority's troubled nuclear program at an annual salary of $355,200, and government officials charged him with violating feder...Mon, 02 Feb 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/10/68284/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/10/68284/index.htmSince it hired retired admiral Steven White at a salary of $355,200 a year, the Tennessee Valley Authority has generated controversy and scandal, but no nuclear power (FORTUNE, October 27). 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