Phrases with «coal sludge»

"Coal sludge" refers to a thick, muddy liquid waste that is produced when coal is washed or processed. Full definition

Sentences with «coal sludge»

  • In 2000, it was responsible for the worst environmental disaster in Southeastern history when a slurry spill released over 250 million gallons of coal sludge in Martin County, Kentucky. (goldmanprize.org)
  • The scope of the waste stream coming out of coal - fired power plants is almost unimaginable: hundreds of thousands of tons of air pollution and nearly 280 billion pounds of toxic coal sludge dumped into our environment every year. (earthjustice.org)
  • A sludge dam breach in Martin County, KY, in 2000, sent more than 300 million gallons of toxic coal sludge into tributaries of the Big Sandy, causing what the EPA called, «The biggest environmental disaster ever east of the Mississippi.» (ilovemountains.org)
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