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The Coal Plant Next Door <[link removed]> Near America’s largest coal-fired power plant, toxins are showing up in drinking water and people have fallen ill. Thousands of pages of internal documents show how one giant energy company plans to avoid the cleanup costs. by Max Blau for Georgia Health News

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