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After Toxic Ash Spill, Energy Company And Locals Struggle Over Solution
2015-03-18 10:53:41| Energy - Topix.net
When utility companies burn coal to make electricity - and it generated 39 percent of U.S. energy in 2013 - it leaves behind ash that can contain arsenic, selenium, boron and many other toxic substances. For decades, that ash simply has been buried in pits near the power plants and covered with water.
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