While the article below is horrifying in its potential, it's not isolated.
Coal Ash Dumps exist around the nation, as DIRTY COAL continues to profit, mostly unregulated.
A Little-Known Toxic Threat 'Underfoot' in North Carolina
Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer
Henderson writes: "'There's absolutely no oversight of these structural fills and that seems problematic,' said Rep. Pricey Harrison, a Greensboro Democrat who has pushed legislation to tighten ash rules since 2009. 'It's sort of a silent, lurking issue that's not getting any attention.'"
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Amy Adams, North Carolina campaign coordinator with environmental organization Appalachian Voices, shows her hand covered with wet coal ash from the Dan River. (photo: Gerry Broome/AP)
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| Ukraine: Why Is Obama Always Half Pregnant?
Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News
Weissman writes: "Barack Obama paints himself very differently. If the bare-chested Vlad plays bad, Obama has shown himself 'reserved and analytical,' writes Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. 'Far from marching off the cliff, Obama stayed safely on the sidewalk.'"
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Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News
Weissman writes: "Barack Obama paints himself very differently. If the bare-chested Vlad plays bad, Obama has shown himself 'reserved and analytical,' writes Washington Post columnist David Ignatius. 'Far from marching off the cliff, Obama stayed safely on the sidewalk.'"
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45 Shot in
Chicago Over Weekend
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine reports: "A senior Chicago police officer said that parts of the city are being overwhelmed by gun violence, after a weekend in which nine people were shot dead and at least 36 - including six children - were wounded."
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Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine reports: "A senior Chicago police officer said that parts of the city are being overwhelmed by gun violence, after a weekend in which nine people were shot dead and at least 36 - including six children - were wounded."
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Intelligence
Chief Issues Limits on Press Contacts
Charlie Savage, The New York Times
Savage reports: "The Obama administration has barred officials at 17 agencies from speaking to journalists about unclassified intelligence-related topics without permission."
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Charlie Savage, The New York Times
Savage reports: "The Obama administration has barred officials at 17 agencies from speaking to journalists about unclassified intelligence-related topics without permission."
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Five Protests
Blooming in Washington This Spring
Nadine Bloch, Waging Nonviolence
Bloch writes: "In April alone, large contingents of activists campaigning around a broad range of local and global issues - immigration, corruption, spying, the environment, economic inequality and militarism - will march, sing, craft, petition, lobby, fast, sit, camp and ride horseback into the city."
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Nadine Bloch, Waging Nonviolence
Bloch writes: "In April alone, large contingents of activists campaigning around a broad range of local and global issues - immigration, corruption, spying, the environment, economic inequality and militarism - will march, sing, craft, petition, lobby, fast, sit, camp and ride horseback into the city."
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A Little-Known
Toxic Threat 'Underfoot' in North Carolina
Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer
Henderson writes: "'There's absolutely no oversight of these structural fills and that seems problematic,' said Rep. Pricey Harrison, a Greensboro Democrat who has pushed legislation to tighten ash rules since 2009. 'It's sort of a silent, lurking issue that's not getting any attention.'"
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Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer
Henderson writes: "'There's absolutely no oversight of these structural fills and that seems problematic,' said Rep. Pricey Harrison, a Greensboro Democrat who has pushed legislation to tighten ash rules since 2009. 'It's sort of a silent, lurking issue that's not getting any attention.'"
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Oklahoma Will
Charge Customers Who Install Their Own Solar Panels
Kiley Kroh, ThinkProgress
Kroh reports: "Oklahoma residents who produce their own energy through solar panels or small wind turbines on their property will now be charged an additional fee, the result of a new bill passed by the state legislature and expected to be signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin (R)."
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Kiley Kroh, ThinkProgress
Kroh reports: "Oklahoma residents who produce their own energy through solar panels or small wind turbines on their property will now be charged an additional fee, the result of a new bill passed by the state legislature and expected to be signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin (R)."
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