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Sixty Minutes Coal Ash Story Focuses on Products?

October 2nd, 2009

What happened to coverage of the TVA spill in Tennessee and the coal ash waste in Alabama’s Black Belt?


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Coming up this Sunday, CBS’s “60 Minutes” will air a long anticipated show on coal ash, a byproduct of coal power plants. But according to the advance blurb, the story will focus on how coal ash is recycled in dozens of ways and used in consumer products like carpet for schools.

How safe are these products? Lesley Stahl talks to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson.

For mo-better coverage, check out our previous stories on one of the worst environmental disasters in American history.

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