Delmarva Public Radio, Acid Coal Mine Drainage Cleanup Could Have Adverse Environmental Effect
Efforts to clean up the streams in Pennsylvania that are polluted by old mines could have the downstream effect of causing more phosphorous to be released into the Chesapeake Bay. In our weekly series with the Bay Journal Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with editor-in-chief Karl Blankenship about the potential problems.
Short pod cast at link from Karl Blankenship, an editor for the Bay Journal.
It's the law of unintended consequences. It's still better to clean up the acid mine drainage before it gets to the Bay.
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