Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Lawsuit accuses Virginia power company of poisoning Dominican community with toxic coal ash

Lawsuit accuses Virginia power company of poisoning Dominican community with toxic coal ash
http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/11/lawsuit-accuses-virginia-power-company-of-poisoning-dominican-community-with-toxic-coal-ash.html

"A civil lawsuit filed last week in state court in Delaware charges Arlington, Va-based AES Corp. -- one of the world's largest power companies -- with illegally dumping 160 million pounds of toxic coal ash waste onto beaches in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic, leading to serious health problems for nearby residents."

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