After seeing the pictures Denny posted on his Stop Mountaintop Removal blog about acid mine drainage, I decided to take some similar pictures from my area. The effects from mining coal last for decades and possibly 100 or more years. These pictures are of runoff from the Sagamore Mines in Armstrong County, PA. [...]
While the effects of mountaintop don’t directly affect us in this region, some of the environmental effects are the same. In our area, our drinking water supply is contaminated from another byproduct of Coal.
In this area, CCW(coal combustion waste), the leftover ash produced from burning coal is being disposed of by placing it [...]
Right over the hill from me is a town that once was iconic of this area in its time. This area was founded upon the rich coal deposits Pennsylvania hides deep within. People flocked to the area for the abundance of jobs that were available and Sagamore is one of the towns that sprung [...]
