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Environmental Protesters Fight Defamation Lawsuit Filed by Coal Ash Landfill

ACLU Makes Free Speech Case Defending Residents of Low-Income, Majority Black Alabama Town

MOBILE, Ala. —(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.   The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against four people who voiced opposition to a coal ash landfill in their small town.

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The defendants, all residents of Uniontown, Alabama — a poor, predominantly Black town with a median per capita income of around $8,000 — are being…

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