Topics: Environment : Mining
Mountaintop removal mining is a form of strip mining that completely removes up to 800 feet of bedrock from a mountain top. This form of coal mining is practiced in the southern Appalachians and the Allegheny Plateau in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.Environmental effects of mountaintop removal mining include deforestation, sludge flows, aquifer depletion and groundwater pollution.
Organizations
Find sites of political activist and community organizations whose mission is devoted to ending the practice of mountaintop removal mining.
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