Re: [EC] Cumulative impact of mountaintop mining documented

This was in the Science Daily e-newsletter.follow the link... fyi, paul

Cumulative impact of mountaintop mining documentedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment/~3/TFIWzz0cTKs/111212153119.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 12:31 PM PST Increased salinity and concentrations of trace elements in one West Virginia watershed have been tied directly to multiple surface coal mines upstream by a detailed new survey of stream chemistry. Researchers who conducted the study said it provides new evidence of the cumulative effects multiple mountaintop mining permits can have in a river network.