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On the recordJune 16, 2015
It is hard to believe that it has been more than 6 years since the devastating spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal ash pond in Kingston, Tennessee.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Senator Boxer recalls the Kingston coal ash spill's impact.

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