Thirst For Coal
Aerial view of the Shumate Impoundment, a coal slurry pond at Massey Energy's Edwight Mountain mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mine operation near Marsh Fork, WV.
These slurry ponds employ earthen dams to hold billions of gallons of water heavily polluted by coal processing. Several of these have failed over the past several decades flooding valleys with toxic sludge. This slurry pond sits directly above the Marsh Fork elementary school.
