Council presses TVA for details of coal ash disposal
For the second time in two weeks, Memphis City Council members questioned the decision announced last month to take coal ash from the old Tennessee Valley Authority Allen Fossil Plant (shown) to a dump near Memphis International Airport. (Daily Memphian file)
Council resolutions to call for no coal ash disposal within the city and over aquifers that supply the city’s drinking water will be voted on in two weeks.
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