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Vortex of coal ash swirls in the Dan River at Danville, Va., following the release of 39,000 tons of ash and 27 million gallons of ash pond water from a leaking buried storm sewer.
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Group Touts “Beneficial” Coal Ash Recycling

by Randy Showstack 5 December 20171 October 2021

An industry group says recycling coal ash, the second-largest U.S. waste stream, helps the environment and economy. Recycling has a role but also raises concerns, environmentalists argue.

A computer rendering of a Brachiosaurus. Herbivores like brachiosaurs likely helped distribute nutrients through their poop.
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Signatures of Dinosaur Poop Found in Cretaceous Coal Seams

by Katherine Kornei 31 October 20174 October 2021

Coal analysis suggests that plant-eating dinosaurs, by walking kilometers between their picnic areas and their toilets, distributed important nutrients widely and boosted ecosystem health.

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Satellite Quantifies Carbon Dioxide from Coal-Fired Power Plants

by Katherine Kornei 9 October 201726 October 2021

Using data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 satellite, researchers measured emissions of the greenhouse gas from individual coal plants in the United States, India, and South Africa.

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The High Cost of Switching Power Sources

by S. Kelleher 7 March 201614 November 2022

Researchers construct a world where nuclear energy everywhere is replaced with coal, with stark consequences for human health and the environment.

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Despite Stalled Regulations, U.S. Mercury Emissions Decline

by K. Klein 9 December 201521 December 2022

Newly published measurements made downwind of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio coal-burning plants reveal steep, unexpected drops in atmospheric mercury concentrations since 2006.

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