PA Pays Coal Waste Firms While Streams Run Orange
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- Jim Panaro stood on Paint Creek's rocky banks in Windber, Pennsylvania, identifying orange discoloration on the boulders as iron contamination and milky-white surface pools as aluminum contamination
- Pennsylvania is paying millions to coal waste companies, per the article's headline framing, even as contamination visibly stains western waterways
Why it matters: Visible iron and aluminum contamination in Paint Creek reveals the on-the-ground reality behind Pennsylvania's coal waste funding: state payments flow to the companies responsible while western waterways remain visibly fouled with mine waste.
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