Thu
Dec 17 2009
10:48 am
By: R. Neal
Plus: EPA (non) regulation of fly-ash
Plus Ear to the Ground: Sansom "was the price Obama paid to ease the way for his other nominees to the board."
In related TVA news, RoaneViews reports on a recent Long Term Recovery Committee meeting, and notes a major discrepancy between an EPA report on heavy metals toxicity in fish v. FDA safety levels for human consumption.
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