Did you hear about it December 22, 2008? Perhaps it was because a water main break received more attention. A "waste" spill. You know, stuff left over after the good stuff is taken out. Like, nuclear waste.

Nuclear waste. We still don't know what to do with it. And the feds want to make more nuclear power plants because nuclear power plants don't contribute to climate change. Nuclear waste is still piling up. A logical solution would be to make it into a smaller pile.

Recycled nuclear waste. A waste pile toxic not only to ground water but to the air. Did I mention that recycling nuclear waste makes stuff for even bigger bombs?

But I'm off on a tangent - back to the story.

A spill bigger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill off the coast of Alaska. Coal waste that piles up. We don't know what to do with it. Coal plants contribute to climate change. Ruling classes all over the planet want to build more coal plants. Corporations get money to supply coal for these plants.

Humans are board members of corporations. Bylaws made up by these humans create an entity called "corporation." The human board members are enabled to not feel personally responsible when bad things happen.

But I'm off on a tangent - back to the story.

(from a CNN news spot) -- Although video from the scene shows dead fish on the banks of the tributary, The Tennessee Valley Authority Spokesman Gil Francis said that "in terms of toxicity, until an analysis comes in, you can't call it toxic."

Now that's just plain stupid.