Coal is a fossil fuel that is used to produce electricity. Which of these statements best describes a cost of coal mining on the
region around the mines? It gets less electricity.
It becomes depleted of essential minerals.
Its groundwater is contaminated.
Its rivers and streams become dry.
More than 94% of the coal ash ponds in the United States are unlined. Almost all of them are contaminating groundwater with toxins above levels that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency deems safe for drinking water.
