Gambling America's Amazon

originally published on CNN.com on Dec. 7, 2021

by Isabelle Chapman

Alabama's largest utility plans to bury a heap of toxic coal waste in one of North America's most biodiverse river systems.

In 2008, a coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee blanketed hundreds of acres in toxic sludge, causing more than $1 billion in damage. Now, a CNN investigation found that an even larger coal ash pond in Alabama is already seeping into the groundwater, threatening an ecosystem some environmentalists call ‘America’s Amazon.’

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