Slimed.

Eight years ago, a coal-slurry pond's retaining wall gave way and loosed 250 million gallons of molasses-like goo on the creekbeds of Inez, Kentucky. Read Ian Frazier's 2003 report on the aftermath of an accident eerily similar to the coal-sludge disaster unfolding in Tennessee.

Greenlight :: on-the-scene reports from the TVA disaster:
» Senate hearing, 1/8
» Kingston coal-disaster diary
» Video: the spill's aftermath
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