One town’s recurring coal ash nightmare

By Kristen Lombardi

Stand before the pond known here in southwestern Pennsylvania as Little Blue Run, and you’ll see nothing that resembles its bucolic-sounding

Excerpts from this story referencing "Chester":

"… king water well caused by Little Blue Run.”Tell that to Barbara Reed, of Chester, W.Va., who lives a mile and a half from the pond.Back in 1975, when the L …"

How Britain eavesdropped on Dublin

LONDON, July 16, 1999 — This article was originally published in The Independent (Britain), July 16, 1999. It is reprinted here with permiss

Excerpts from this story referencing "Chester":

"… at the British Telecom towers at Gwaenysgor, Clwyd, and Pale Heights, near Chester. These are the towers carrying Ireland’s international communications li …"

Why Americans still breathe known hazards decades after ‘clean air’ law

By Jim Morris and Corbin Hiar

Air toxics crackdown stymied by politics, industry resistance and ‘hopelessly irrational’ EPA

Excerpts from this story referencing "Chester":

"… es vulnerable to airborne chemicals, among them the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pa., which has more than a dozen polluters within or near its boundaries. …"

"… dozen polluters within or near its boundaries.Elwood Patrick moved to Chester in 1968 — 24 years before a large, foul-smelling waste-to-energy plant w …"

"… sh I had. But now I’m an old man and I can’t go nowhere.”Places like Chester are hit with chemical brews that may be more dangerous than their mixtures …"