New documentary on mountaintop removal in West Virginia
Yale Environment 360, together with MediaStorm, has produced a stark and moving film about mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.
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–Leveling Appalachia (from Yale Environment 360)
Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining
Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy
of Mountaintop Removal Mining
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By Graham Land
More articles about Mountaintop removal coal mining from Yale Environment 360:
The Razing of Appalachia: Mountaintop Removal Revisited
Mountaintop Mining Legacy: Destroying Appalachian Streams
A Plea to President Obama: End Mountaintop Coal Mining
See also:
Dark and Dusty: West Virginia Mountaintop Mining
Protests against Coal Mining spread nation-wide in the US
Additional resources:
Appalachian Voices
Black Diamonds (film)
VBS.tv – ‘TOXIC – W. Virginia’
‘Mountaintop Removal’ featuring Woody Harrelson and the music of Willy Nelson on YouTube
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Tags: coal, mountaintop removal, Nature, Pollution
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