One year after the enormous disaster [1] at Tennessee's Kingston Power Plant, EPA continues to allow [2] six power companies to hide vital information [3] from the public on the safety of toxic coal ash impoundments. The companies refusing to disclose are Alabama Power Company, Duke Energy Corporation, First Energy Generation Corporation, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company, and Mississippi Power Company.
The information [2] claimed as "trade secrets" includes company compliance data and the size of certain coal ash dumps.
Links:
[1] http://unearthed.earthjustice.org/blog/2009-december/one-year-later-coal-ash-disaster-still-remains
[2] http://www.epa.gov/waste/nonhaz/industrial/special/fossil/surveys/index.htm
[3] http://www.rtknet.org/node/996