East Tennessee communities paid a high price to win federal protections from coal ash. Now the EPA is rolling them back.

May 14

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Hundreds of communities across the country have been harmed by coal ash pollution, and each one has a story about its fight for protections from this nasty and harmful industrial waste. Read the full article on Appalachian Voices' Front Porch Blog.

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