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Study says mountaintop mining damages water quality

Andrew Topf | December 13, 2011 | 6:57 am Energy Europe Coal 

A study released Monday by researchers at Duke University will add fuel to the fire of groups opposed to mountaintop mining in the Appalachian region of the United States. The study, which appears in the Early Edition of the Procedings...

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