How Shadowy Corporations, Secret Deals and False Promises Keep Retired Coal Plants From Being Redeveloped

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Communities across the Great Lakes are struggling to make use of massive properties that are too polluted to sell and too costly to clean.

By Daniel Propp

“Perfect waste.” That’s how Bryan Messmore describes the 733-acre parcel of land at the confluence of Tanners Creek and the Ohio River.