Mountaintop removal for coal hurts water quality and harms fish, study says - The Washi... - 0 views
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Adriana Trujillo on 14 Jul 14Mountaintop-removal mining is changing water chemistry and harming fish stocks in the Appalachians, federal researchers say. "We're seeing significant reductions in the number of fish species and total abundance of fish downstream from mining operations," says biologist Nathaniel Hitt.