Sentences with phrase «leftovers from coal burning»
Coal may get cleaner as pollution controls minimize the emissions that cause acid rain and smog as well as cut the greenhouse gases changing the climate, but there are still plenty of leftovers from coal burning: toxic ash, mercury and other issues.
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This dependence on vast amounts of coal - fired power, on top of adding to our climate woes and air pollution issues, also has an impact on the communities surrounding coal plants, thanks to the insidious effects of coal ash (the leftover material from burning coal as a fuel) in disposal ponds, which often leak slowly into groundwater or which can «spill» into nearby rivers or lakes, polluting a natural resource that we all rely on.