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North Carolina’s Iconic College Town Struggles to Redevelop a Toxic Coal Ash Mound
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—No dog parks. No golf. No soccer or football. No child care centers, apartments or homes. No community gardens unless they’re in raised beds. The list of forbidden uses on 10 contaminated acres containing 46,000 tons of coal ash in Chapel …