[313] NOTHING SAYS “MERRY CHRISTMAS” LIKE A YARD FULL OF COAL ASH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 18, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

NOTHING SAYS “MERRY CHRISTMAS” LIKE A YARD FULL OF COAL ASH
MTSU Professor and Students to Conduct Environmental Probe of the “Ash Crash”

(MURFREESBORO) – MTSU geology students will spend this spring and summer investigating the potential environmental and health dangers posed by the giant coal ash spill from TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant in December 2008. They’ll also check out the levels of coal ash in soil and water near five other TVA coal plants. This important study, which is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, will be led by Dr. Warner Cribb, MTSU geology professor. Cribb and one of his students, Jennifer Pickering, will discuss the research and the future of so-called “clean coal technology” at 7 a.m. this Sunday, Feb. 22, on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
To hear last week’s program, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html anytime and click on “February 15, 2009” at the top of the page. For more information about "MTSU on the Record," contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.


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