Stephen Colbert talks mountaintop mining with CBL Director Margaret Palmer on “The Colbert Report”

January 16, 2010
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Director Margaret Palmer believes there's a better way to mine for coal than blowing the tops off mountains, and shares what she knows with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report. Read about her study.

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