1. An Inside Look at a Battle for Clean Water in the Heartland Robin Johnson 29:00

Kris Maher, author of Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia and a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, talks about the complexities, personalities and mixed outcome of a classic battle between small communities and a coal company. He discusses the area’s history, including the Hatfields and McCoys and Matewan Massacre, the legal process, local culture and much more.

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An Inside Look at a Battle for Clean Water in the Heartland
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