Businessmen and their corporations in the United States rig the world's oldest mountains with explosives completely destroying ancient ecosystems to extract an amount of coal that burns away in a few weeks time...
"The topography and the hydrology of mountain top mined watersheds are radically altered—valley contours are flattened and precipitation is routed through rock lined ditches on the surface or percolates through fill material. Even after reclamation, the vegetation is dramatically different. The alteration in topography persists forever and it will take centuries to reestablish the soils and forests that were historically present. The impacts of mountain top mining are more severe than other land use changes within these watersheds (e.g. clear cutting, residential development) because they are immense in scale and lead to irreversible alterations of watersheds."—Mountaintop Mining Valley Fills and Aquatic Ecosystems
News
- June 25, 2009 U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
- The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining on Water Quality in Appalachia
- June 11, 2009 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Interior and the Corps of Engineers agree to reduce environmental impacts of mountaintop coal mining in Appalachia
- March 25, 2009 U.S. Senate
- Appalachia Restoration Act S.696
Mountaintop Removal
Mountaintop removal coal mining drops sharply - The Courier-Journal
200000 People Demand Congress Puts an End to Mountaintop Removal - EcoWatch
US Interior Dept. Just Made Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining A Lot More Expensive - CleanTechnica
Groups Call On Congress To Bar New Permits For Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining - Huffington Post
Coal Production Using Mountaintop Removal Mining Decreased By 62% Since 2008 - CleanTechnica
More Than 200000 People Demand Congress Puts an End to Mountaintop Removal - Truth-Out
Two states pull out of mountaintop removal rule process - The Hill
Mountaintop Mining Down 62 Percent - Wheeling Intelligencer
One of the brothers in the hit documentary “The Wolfpack” gives a damn about ... - Grist
Mountaintop Removal Is Encroaching On Communities In Appalachia - ThinkProgress
Most States Can Easily Comply With the EPA's Clean Power Plan, So Why Are Some ... - Huffington ...
Mountaintop removal mining is a crime against Appalachia - Al Jazeera America
Why We Need to End Mountaintop Removal Now - EcoWatch
Floyd County's Handshoe wants to sue state over mining pollution - Glasgow Daily Times
Pipeline may help Va., not W.Va. jobs - Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Activist Appalachian law firm wages war on coal - Environment & Energy Publishing
Kentucky Prison Project Opposed Over Threats to Endangered Wildlife, Water and ... - Center for Biol...
Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ends on March 16 - EcoWatch
Banks stop financing mountaintop removal - The Courier-Journal
PNC Bank Will Cease Investments in Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining - EcoWatch
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