America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – but who owns it

America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – but who owns it

Acid mine waste turns rocks orange along Shamokin Creek in Pennsylvania. (Photo courtesy of Jake C/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA) This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the region’s mos…