For those who watched ABC "World News Tonight" and weren't throttled by the intense interest US network news reporters and editors have over what happens in Gaza, there might have been another story that caught your attention. The TVA spilled tons of coal ash out into private water areas and private lands. But, strangely, ABC didn't really discuss the fact that it was a government agency that screwed things up, didn't mention how difficult it would be for private citizens to get any sort of compensation from the gubment from the Tennessee government. Instead, the report concentrated on the idea that this accident highlights the "push" to stop more energy production through the use of coal, an agenda that environmentalists and Barack Obama have been pushing hard to enact.

Here is a piece on it, thanks to the AP:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_re_us/flooded_neighborhood