Tuesday, July 19, 2005

It's a little known fact among average Ohioans: The same river valley that once made westward expansion and prosperity a reality in America is today home to the country's most dense source of air pollution. From Cincinnati, Ohio, to Pittsburgh, Pa., 42 major coal-fired power plants dot the Ohio River Valley region - more per square mile than anywhere else in the nation. Though it's created an economic windfall, the industry also has fueled environmental problems in the form of smog, acid rain, and haze - not only in Ohio, scientists say, but across the country.