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On December 22, 1.1 billion gallons of coal ash sludge smothered 300 acres in East Tennessee. GOOGLE EARTH  
CNN  

Recovery act

Tenn. community swamped by coal sludge to get $40M

The Tennessee community that was buried under more than a billion gallons of coal sludge last year is getting $40 million from the nation's largest public utility for economic development projects. However, some say the cash from the Tennessee Valley Authority is for nothing more than a facelift for Roane County, and they argue that it will do little to address their environmental and medical concerns. (CNN)
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• 3 environmental groups to sue EPA over coal-ash ponds
The Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Project in St. Charles Parish — which opened in 2002 with a goal of pushing back salt water from the Gulf of Mexico — is an example of a freshwater diversion that carries primarily fresh water, but not much sediment. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS  
Advocate  

Fresh doubts

Fresh water diversions may harm marshes, USGS says

Small diversions of fresh water from the Mississippi River to Louisiana’s coastal marshes may hamper rather than improve marsh growth, a U.S. Geological Survey researcher said. An influx of river water may help decompose organic soil, making the soil more vulnerable to damage from storms, tides or other influences. (Baton Rouge Advocate)

USGS researcher examining bass for abnormalities in the field. JO ELLEN HINCK/U.S. Geological Survey  
USGS  

Identity crisis

Male bass in many U.S. rivers feminized, study finds

Government scientists figure that one out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become. The Southeast, especially the Pee Dee River Basin in North Carolina and South Carolina, had the highest rates of feminization. (Associated Press)
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• 13 of the most gender-bent rivers
• Widespread occurrence of intersex bass found


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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
— Carl Jung

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