Comments on: Coal ash sludge muddies waters

By: Paige Hurdle

Paige Hurdle — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:21:28 +0000

Good Lord…I live in Tennessee and although I am not close to this horrific occurrence, I am shocked that there has been little press about the “Largest industry spill in the world”.

This is another perfect example of why we need to STOP using COAL as our primary energy source…I simply do not understand why this is such a challenge for everyone to understand. Does everyone have to die before Congress actually does anything? Where are you
Al Gore?

By: C.Taylor

C.Taylor — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:48:29 +0000

Well,I know you have a terrible disaster there.I am sick that people never stop to think about the people that live in Coal minning communities.We have to live in coal dust,rock dust,and diesel smoke 10 to 12 hours a day.All 3 cause several kinds of CANCER.Do a search on each one,you will see for your self.We have complained for years now with things only getting worse.We have all the dust floating in the air all the time,the furnace filters are covered with black.Why don't anyone in America care about the people who live in all the dangerous living condition's here in Eastern Ky.We have contacted every State and Federal agency we know of .Be Quit it's a way of life.Cancer in Eastern Kentucky is worse then anywhere in the United States.Help

By: CF Tennessee

CF Tennessee — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:46:38 +0000

It may be true that a volcano eruption puts out more ash than all of power plants, but a volcano eruption is a natural disaster. The fly ash disaster in east TN was a man-made disaster. No excuse!

By: Annie Kate

Annie Kate — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:57:35 +0000

Big companies always take the easy cheap way out regardless of how much evidence is present to warn them of bad results. They rarely care about the impact to the "people". And unfortunatlely most people don't know that what the companies are doing can hurt them. It is only when you have an accident like this that the knowledge comes out about what was being done and what impact it can have. We can hope it prevents it from happening again.

By: M Byrd Texas

M Byrd Texas — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:55:54 +0000

We should clean up all the power plants as we can, but not at the expense of our economy and people. One eruption from a volcano puts out more ash than all of the power plants. Keep your feet on the ground.

By: Tim Gibson

Tim Gibson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:54:16 +0000

Better late than never is an old song when it comes to environmental disaster created by man. Opps does not help those who are affected by this type of disaster and yes it is a disaster.

What many people do not understand is where harzardous chemical waste ends up, is it in your water, on your clothing, in the air. Where are the dumping grounds and why do we have dumping gounds to begin with.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:41:59 +0000

In response to your poll – I don't care if Obama has a smoke now then, but let's encourage Disney to have his wax figure lighting up a Pall Mall for his big speech in the Hall of Presdents.

By: moussa diene

moussa diene — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:41:16 +0000

Marwa al-Sherbini was stabbed at least 18 times in a courtroom in Dresden in front of her husband and three-year-old son.
Why does no one talks about it in the news?