Activists wanted to clean up a coal ash dump. Dump sued activists for complaining.

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By Aura BogadoJun 2, 2016, 8:21 pm102 pts
Four residents of a tiny Alabama town are fighting back against a giant landfill operator after the Georgia-based company, Green Group, filed a $30 million defamation suit against them. The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court to dismiss the suit on Thursday. Green Group operates a toxic coal…

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