EPA Rejects Civil Rights Complaint Over Alabama Coal Ash Dump

InsideClimate News
By Phil McKennaMar 7, 2018, 4:18 pm141 pts
Uniontown residents blame asthma and other health issues on toxic coal ash dumped at a nearby landfill. After their first complaint, the company sued them. By Phil McKenna Black residents of rural Alabama have lost a civil rights claim involving a toxic coal-ash landfill that they blame for asthma, nerve damage…

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