Joe Bellisario; 2009 District Leader's Blog (1)

“For six generations, Tom Grizzard's family has lived on the land near the Kingston Fossil Power plant in Tennessee. On December 22, an earthen dam gave way and spilled one billion gallons of toxic coal ash sludge - decades of the plant’s waste - contaminating hundreds of acres, local rivers, poisoning the area's drinking water and destroying the homes of many friends and neighbors. This horrific incident was 100 times the size of the Exxon Valdez spill - and it could happen again. Every day, da… Continue