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America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it

  • Written by Hélène Nguemgaing, Assistant Clinical Professor of Critical Resources & Sustainability Analytics, University of Maryland
America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns itAcid mine waste turns rocks orange along Shamokin Creek in Pennsylvania. Jake C/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the region’s most persistent environmental...

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