California senator cares more about Tennessee than TN's own senators.

[Kalyke]

WASHINGTON - A key U.S. senator said Monday she is preparing a resolution that will call on the federal government to regulate coal fly-ash ponds across the country as the TVA disclosed it is hiring an outside consultant to look at a couple "areas of concern" at its ash ponds.

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said she will file a measure either this week or next asking the federal Environmental Protection Agency to immediately undertake a status report on the dangers of coal ash.

Boxer said her resolution also will request that the EPA immediately regulate coal ash once the agency has completed that review.
"This is the most neglected area," Boxer said. "… I'm going to be all over this."

Some 5.4 million cubic yards, or 1.1 billion gallons, of coal fly ash spilled into the Emory River and surrounding countryside when a 40-acre holding pond at TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant failed on Dec. 22.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jan/12/boxer-legislation-will-ask-epa-regulate-coal-ash-p/

Our senators, Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander?

They're too worried about not helping TVA clean it up: http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/jan/11/tennessee-costly-spill-cleanup-spurs-debate-over-w/?local

I hope Tennesseans see who's helping them - and it "ain't" the stupid RepubliCONs they keep voting into office.

[Kalyke]

1. Erin Brocovich was also here, as well.

She is coming to Kingston with a law firm she consults for. She wants to take some of her own samples and try to answer questions. She'll be in town Thursday, Jan. 8 and Friday, Jan. 9, but is still working on the details of her visit.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=73273

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2. Are you kidding?

I'm just 100 miles west in Cookeville and it's already been forgotten here. Whether it's toxic waste, the economic results of Republican policies, etc. it literally has to bite Tennesseans on the ass before it becomes their problem instead of just their neighbor's problem.

Wow - we just elected the first Republican-lead state congress since Reconstruction! I guess we were inspired by all the successes from a Republican lead U.S. Congress :sarcasm: