[lbo-talk] EPA: dump 3m tons of toxic waste on poor black people

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jul 8 07:06:25 PDT 2009


<http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/07/decision-to-dump-tvas-spilled-coal-waste-in-alabama-community-sparks-resistance.html

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Decision to dump TVA's spilled coal waste in Alabama community sparks resistance

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a plan last week to dump 3 millions of tons of coal ash that spilled from a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in eastern Tennessee in an impoverished, largely African-American community in Alabama -- and the decision is sparking resistance among local officials and residents who don't want the toxic waste.

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