http://blog.epa.gov/science/2012/04/celebrating-science-and-engineering/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrating-science-and-engineering It All Starts with Science - An EPA Blog about Science Matters Thu, 16 May 2013 20:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.epa.gov/science/2012/04/celebrating-science-and-engineering/#comment-3 Alan Gregory, Lt. Col., USAF, Retired Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:47:28 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/science/?p=118#comment-3 A nice essay. I continue to shake my head in disgust, though, just as I did upon moving to the Hazleton, Pa., in 1989 and learning how hundreds of miles of streams in the region had been (and continue to be) killed by the after-effects of anthracite coal mining. The chief culprit is, of course, acid mine drainage and it all goes into Chesapeake Bay eventually. You can see a photo of the mouth of the Jeddo Mine Tunnel, which discharges an average of 40,000 gallons an hour of acid mine drainage at http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21993999

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/science/2012/04/celebrating-science-and-engineering/#comment-2 Melvin M. Lusterio Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:13:02 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/science/?p=118#comment-2 Happy Festival, My fellow Engineer Scientists!

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