The Last Mountain – The Movie
The Last Mountain is scarier than any Saw, Alien or Friday the 13th film ever made. It’s a documentary about mountaintop coal removal in West Virginia, starring a group of
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Human Stories from the Life Cycle of Coal
Donate today: www.donategreenpeace.com From the mountains of Kentucky, to the innercity neighborhoods of Chicago, the entire life cycle of coal is filthy – from disastrous mining practices like mountaintop removal,
Keep readingCoal – The Forgotten Neighbor
In the News It’s a problem that haunts almost every mountainous area on the globe. Mines from the past that just don’t go away…Not even when the mine operators do.
Keep readingKentucky’s Lost Mountains
If Google Earth does nothing else, it has allowed people who never would have the opportunity to fly over this part of the country actually see the effects of coal mining on the mountains.
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Mountaintop Mining Legacy: Destroying Appalachia’s Streams by John McQuaid: Yale Environment 360
The environmental damage caused by mountaintop removal mining across Appalachia has been well documented. But scientists are now beginning to understand that the mining operations’ most lasting damage may be caused by the massive amounts of debris dumped into valley streams.
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