Posts Tagged ‘Patriot Coal Corporation’
Selenium Spillover: Pollutant Poses Growing Risks to Ecosystems and the Coal Industry
By Brian Sewell Last year, when the bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp. agreed to phase out mountaintop removal coal mining as part of a settlement with environmental groups, it was partially because the company was on the hook for more than $400 million in fines to clean up selenium pollution from several of its surface mines.…
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