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The New Yorker Online profiles rare earth elements research by WV Water Research Institute

Could Coal Waste Be Used To Make Sustainable Batteries?
Orange acid mine drainage in a West Virginia stream.

By Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker Online, August 26, 2022

Acid mine drainage has long been a scourge in Appalachia. Recent research suggests that we may be able to simultaneously clean up the pollution and extract the minerals and elements needed to power green technologies.

Read story here.

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The West Virginia Water Research Institute is a program of the Energy Institute at West Virginia University.