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August 25, 2011 - When a massive coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee failed back in December 2008, it dumped a billion gallons of coal ash -- the toxic waste left over after burning coal -- into a nearby community and waterways.

May 20, 2011 - Number of years since a surface impoundment collapsed at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston coal-fired power plant in eastern Tennessee: almost 2.5

March 30, 2011 - By Lisa Evans, Earthjustice

March 7, 2011 - Communities imperiled by poorly managed coal ash won't be getting help from the federal government any time soon.

February 17, 2011 - The House is expected to vote as early as today on amendments to a budget bill that would take away the Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate toxic coal ash as a hazardous waste.

February 3, 2011 - An independent report identifies 28 coal ash dump sites from Massachusetts to Nevada where hexavalent chromium has been detected in the groundwater at levels exceeding federal or state standards. Hexavalent chromium is one toxic waste product created by coal-fired power plants known to contain potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals, combustion byproducts and radioactive elements.