New York Using Giant "Sponges" To Clean Coal Tar from Hudson River
Image via Circle of Blue Coal tar is an awful thing to deal with. It is a relic by-product from the early 20th century process of carbonizing coal to made coke or gasifying it to make coal gas. The resulting coal tar can have a wide range of substances mixed into it, and while it has many uses from skin treatments to food dyes, it is definitely considered a pollutant in the Hudson River. However, a project in New York’s Hudson Ri… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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New York Using Giant "Sponges" To Clean Coal Tar from Hudson River
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