Valley farmers' concern grows over MEA coal plan June 10, 2007 By Russell Stigall Frontiersman MAT-SU - Acid emissions from coal-fired power plants can strip calcium and magnesium from farmers' soil. Will sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide from Matanuska Electric Association's proposed coal-fired plant acidify Valley farm land, strip calcium and magnesium from soil and mobilize heavy metal in wetlands, lakes and streams? |