A toxic landfill is swallowing this Alabama community. The EPA dismissed its case.

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By Nathalie BaptisteMay 10, 2017, 2:52 pm231 pts
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency has abruptly closed a longstanding civil rights complaint. In December 2003, the Ashurst Bar/Smith community in Tallassee, Alabama, filed a complaint against…

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