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Major environmental justice victory in North Carolina as state orders cleanup of toxic coal ash – ThinkProgress

“North Carolina joins a growing regional trend, as both South Carolina and Virginia have pushed forward with their own efforts to force coal ash cleanup. According to a national assessment of coal plants published in March by the environmental legal group Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project, coal ash contaminates groundwater at 91% of U.S. …

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Hurricane Florence Released Tons of Coal Ash in North Carolina. Now the Coal Industry Wants Less Regulation.

Coal ash leaking into rivers and the ocean from space…….. Photo: Landsat 8/NASA Hurricane Florence Released Tons of Coal Ash in North Carolina. Now the Coal Industry Wants Less Regulation. Sharon Lerner Sharon Lerner September 28 2018, 10:41 a.m. Photo: Landsat 8/NASA Even as coal ash storage basins are leaking massive amounts of pollution in the …

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