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February 9, 2010 - The U.S.

February 5, 2010 - By Marcelo Ballvé,

February 3, 2010 - Duke Energy's permits to release pollution from three coal-burning power plants in the Charlotte area expire early this year, and for the first time the North Carolina Division of Water Quality will require the company to test groundwater near the facilities' coal ash ponds.

February 2, 2010 - The landfill in Perry County, Ala. that has been taking coal ash spilled from the failed waste pond at Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston plant has declared bankruptcy -- a move that leaves a planned lawsuit to halt the dumping up in the air.

January 29, 2010 - By Bill Quigley Smoke and flames rose from the sidewalk. A white man took pictures. Slowing down, my breath left me. The fire was a corpse. Leg bones sticking out of the flames.

January 28, 2010 - Today is the National Day of Action on Coal Ash, an effort by environmental advocates and concerned citizens to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to release its promised rule regulating disposal of the toxic byproduct of burning coal for electricity -- and to classify the stuff as ha

January 28, 2010 - The following dispatch comes from Bill Quigley, a frequent contributor to Facing South and other online publications. A long-time advocate for human rights in Haiti and a veteran of the post-Katrina recovery, Quigley sent us this dispatch from Port au Prince, Haiti this morning.