Oklahoma Town Fights Coal Ash

by Bruce Nilles

This is the latest in our series of community coal ash profiles. This was written by Sierra Club Apprentice Flavia de la Fuente.

When a company named Making Money, Having Fun LLC (how's that for Orwellian?) applied for a permit for a commercial disposal facility to dump coal ash (along with waste oil and gas water) in eastern Oklahoma, they provided geographical maps and documents indicating that, pursuant to the Corporation Commission rules, there was no town of a population below 20,000 within three miles.

Except that's not true.

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Climate Change in Oklahoma

by bob zimway

Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma had himself a big ol time last winter when he derided global warming warnings during the famous DC snowstorm. His grandchildren made an igloo and the family put out the quip that it was Al Gore's New Home. Inhofe believes we're heading for another little ice age, plus, "God's still up there." Meaning that the Senator's catbird seat in life is assured; a snowstorm is all you'll ever need to discredit Al Gore, that and a dollop of Michael Crichton.

So then, what about this:

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