Coal producer to pay hundreds of millions for pollution
Clip: 3/5/2014 | 5m 46s
Gwen Ifill talks to Dina Cappiello of The Associated Press to discuss the EPA settlement.
In the largest fine ever for water pollution permit violations, Alpha Natural Resources, one of the largest coal producers in the nation, agreed to pay $27 million in fines and spend another $200 million to clean up its toxic discharges in five Appalachian states. Gwen Ifill talks to Dina Cappiello of The Associated Press to discuss the EPA settlement.
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Coal producer to pay hundreds of millions for pollution
Clip: 3/5/2014 | 5m 46s
In the largest fine ever for water pollution permit violations, Alpha Natural Resources, one of the largest coal producers in the nation, agreed to pay $27 million in fines and spend another $200 million to clean up its toxic discharges in five Appalachian states. Gwen Ifill talks to Dina Cappiello of The Associated Press to discuss the EPA settlement.
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