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Industry Gets it Wrong Again: Regulating Toxic Coal Ash Would Create Thousands of Jobs

Frank Ackerman, Triple Crisis. October 12, 2011.

Industry claims that regulating coal ash would be a job killer but they're dead wrong -- here's how many jobs would actually be created.

Why One Community's Cries for Help Against Cancer and Others Diseases Are Going Unanswered

Joshua Frank, AlterNet. January 28, 2011.

Residents claim a coal waste dump is poisoning water, polluting air, and causing asthma and cancer among those who live nearby. But no one will help.

EPA Drastically Underestimates Coal Waste Pollution's Threat to Human and Environmental Health

Joshua Frank, AlterNet. March 3, 2010.

The EPA's tally of coal ash contamination locations last year did not include an additional 31 sites that should have been included in the totals, a new study contends.

Coal Ash Industry Manipulated EPA Data, Ghost-Wrote Agency Reports for a Decade

Joshua Frank, TruthOut.org. February 2, 2010.

The industry "watered down official reports, brochures and fact-sheets to remove references to potential dangers." So-called "environmental benefits" were aggrandized.

Obama's Nominee to Head Surface Mining Department Must Be Stopped Now

Obama's Nominee to Head Surface Mining Department Must Be Stopped Now

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. August 10, 2009.

Why is he nominating an advocate for coal ash dumping who also admits he still needs to learn more about mountaintop removal mining?

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