Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater Near Most US Coal Plants

04 March 19 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Garrison Keillor | Why You Didn't See Me at the Oscars  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "I did not host the Academy Awards on Sunday for which I would like to thank the snowstorm that blew across Minnesota early on Sunday morning, high winds, blowing and drifting snow that began around 1 a.m. and got worse and worse." READ MORE Senator Rand Paul. (photo: Getty Images) Republican Sen. Rand Paul Says He will Vote for Measure Blocking Trump's Emergency Declaration, Paving Way for Passage Felicia Sonmez, The Washington Post Sonmez writes: "Sen. Rand Paul is throwing his support behind a resolution that would block President Trump's declaration of a national emergency to build his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, defying a warning from the president and putting the measure on track to passage." READ MORE Wade Robson (bottom left) posing with his family and Michael Jackson. (photo: HBO) Stereo Williams | 'Leaving Neverland': Wade Robson and James Safechuck's Stories Will Stain Michael Jackson Forever Stereo Williams, The Daily Beast  Williams writes: "This film will not be an easy watch for anyone - nor will it be an easy benediction on Jackson's image and legacy." READ MORE John Eastman, Jim Garlow and Sean O'Hare. (photo: Getty Images) Here Are the Americans Speaking at a Hate Group Friendly With Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Casey Michel, ThinkProgress Michel writes: "The World Congress of Families (WCF), a notorious anti-LGBTQ group that's reportedly received funding from sanctioned Russian oligarchs, is hosting its annual conference in Verona, Italy next month. And a number of Americans have decided to join them." READ MORE A house in East Oakland. 'We thought the banks were in the business of helping people, but they really didn't seem to care at all,' said Vanessa, 60, who is now active in her community helping others fend off foreclosure. (photo: Jason Henry/WP) The 'Heartbreaking' Decrease in Black Homeownership Troy McMullen, The Washington Post McMullen writes: "Over the past decade, the real estate fortunes for African Americans have reversed course." READ MORE A Saudi man explores a website on his laptop in Riyadh February 11, 2014. (photo: Faisal Al Nasser/Reuters) Google Rules in Favor of Oppressive Saudi App That Controls Women teleSUR Excerpt: "According to the publication Business Insider, Google has told a U.S. congresswoman that a Saudi government app designed to allow men to keep track of women and prevent them from leaving the country is in compliance with its guidelines." READ MORE Santee Cooper workers check the water levels around a 6000 foot long Aqua Dam built to keep sediment from a coal ash retention pond from going into the flooded Waccamaw River in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Conway, South Carolina, U.S. September 26, 2018. (photo: Randall Hill/Reuters) Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater Near Most US Coal Plants Valerie Volcovici, Reuters Volcovici writes: "More than 90 percent of U.S. coal-fired power plants that are required to monitor groundwater near their coal ash dumps show unsafe levels of toxic metals, according to a study released on Monday by environmental groups, which cited the potential harm to drinking water." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation