Tuesday, September 1, 2009
By the Way / Hargrove TVA Turns Perry County, Ala. into an "Ash Hole"
Posted by Brantley Hargrove on Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:24 PM
The citizens of poverty-stricken Uniontown in Perry County, Ala. are crying, 'Not in my backyard.' And rightfully so. Thousands of tons of toxic coal ash from the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant disaster arrive by train on an almost daily basis. In exchange for our poisoned legacy: $3 million, and it becomes theirs.
To be sure, jobs will be created locally. Much needed capital will be injected into the floundering local economy. But, according to a New York Times story and the accompanying video, many of the residents don't think all the money in the world is worth having heavy metal-laced ash nearby.
To be sure, jobs will be created locally. Much needed capital will be injected into the floundering local economy. But, according to a New York Times story and the accompanying video, many of the residents don't think all the money in the world is worth having heavy metal-laced ash nearby.
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So would this be more acceptable if it were in Williamson County, TN? Do county demographics factor into whether a site like this is 'acceptable'?
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Posted by
W
on September 1, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Didn't this place only create 31 jobs? Personally, I don't think it's worth it. The poorest county in Alabama. And Alabama is one of the poorest states in the U.S. Social justice, indeed.
Williamson County residents would scream "NOT IN MY BACKYARD"
http://tomoveanation.blogspot.com
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Interested Citizen
on September 1, 2009 at 1:38 PM
