Abandoned Coal Mines Emit As Much CO2 as a Small Power Plant

Yale e360
By Yale Environment 360Jun 27, 2016, 12:20 pm69 pts
Thousands of abandoned coal mines dot the U.S. landscape, vestiges of old fossil fuel boomtowns and industrial hubs. An abandoned coal mine in Ashland, Penn. But despite no longer producing coal, these sites are still contributing to climate change by leaking carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a…

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