Blame coal mining for Appalachia’s salty rivers

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https://c.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/salty_appalachian_rivers_coal_mining-551x383.jpgForget sipping fresh mountain spring water — Appalachia has a salty river problem and coal mining is to blame. The salt leaches into the streams and rivers from crushed rock and coal that gets deposited in valleys from mountaintop-removal mining. The leeching then causes consistently higher levels of salt in the water, damaging the ecosystems that lie downstream. It’s **t … Continue reading (https://www.slashgear.com/blame-coal-mining-for-appalachias-salty-rivers-14491509/)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/slashgear/~4/P9mjqb2g6VY

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