DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY DIGEST: NC Lagoons Hold Billions of Gallons of Hog Feces. The Hurricane May Blast That Waste into Waterways, Big Coal Put Toxic Coal Ash in Unlined Dirt Ponds—Now a Hurricane is Heading Directly Toward Them & Bill McKibben to Jerry Brown: We Must Keep the Oil in the Soil, Limiting Emissions Is Not Enough & More 13SEP18

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Thursday, September 13, 2018 democracynow.org Stories NC Lagoons Hold Billions of Gallons of Hog Feces. The Hurricane May Blast That Waste into Waterways In North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia, millions of residents are bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Florence, which meteorologists are warning ... Read More → Big Coal Put Toxic Coal Ash in Unlined Dirt Ponds—Now a Hurricane is Heading Directly Toward Them As the East Coast prepares for Hurricane Florence to make landfall, fear is growing that the storm could result in catastrophic waste spills. Twenty-four toxic ... Read More → Bill McKibben to Jerry Brown: We Must Keep the Oil in the Soil, Limiting Emissions Is Not Enough Governors, mayors and policy makers from around the world are gathering this week for the Global Climate Action Summit. The conference was organized by ... Read More → A New Form of Slavery? Meet Incarcerated Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires For $1 An Hour We go behind the scenes of California’s raging climate-fueled wildfires with the hidden men and women on the front lines of the state’s ever-growing fire season ... Read More → Headlines → Millions Along East Coast Brace for Arrival of Hurricane Florence Toxic Waste Sites and Nuclear Plants Lie in Path of Hurricane Florence Puerto Rican Officials Slam Trump for Claiming Response to Maria Was “Success” NYT: More Migrant Children Are Detained than at Any Other Time in U.S. History Parents Forcibly Separated from Children Win Second Chance to Apply for Asylum NYT: Scott Pruitt in Talks to Work as Consultant to Coal Tycoon Pompeo Certifies Saudi-Led Coalition Taking Steps to Protect Yemeni Civilians, Despite Evidence Guatemala Protests President’s Effort to Shut Down U.N.-Backed Anti-Corruption Probe Trump’s Son Eric Faces Backlash After Anti-Semitic Comments About Woodward’s Book CBS “60 Minutes” Chief Jeff Fager Ousted amid Sexual Harassment Accusations Report: Over 3,600 Children in Germany Were Sexually Abused by Clergy Pussy Riot Member Hospitalized for Suspected Poisoning New York Voters Head to Polls for Primary Today Forward this email → Donate today → Follow