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Appalachia, VA

Saturday Apr 26

Mountaintop Mining Feeds a Growing Coal Need, but at a Price

“It destroys the streams. I mean, it eradicates them. It's dead. It's gone”

This is a place where "moving mountains" is no longer a figure of speech. Here, among the steep green Appalachians, mining companies are moving mountains off their pedestals to get needed coal. via RedOrbit

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