LINKTV Earth Focus September 22, 2017
United states dramatically shaped our energy future. Today, there is no greater source of power than coal combustion. Its responsnsible r nearly 4 40 of our electricity. But burning coal generates waste. Its called coal ash, and every year in the u. S. , 130 million tons of it is created. Its thehe largest industrial waste stream in america. You could fill the boxcars of a Freight Train that would stretch from new york city to melbourne, australia, with the coal ash thats generated every year in this country. The ash contains toxic metals. Lead, arsenic, chromium, cadmium, others. And it even ...