Scientists Have Now Quantified Mountaintop Removal Mining’s Destruction Of AppalachiaIt’s long been known that mountaintop removal mining, which involves blasting the tops off of mountains to get to coal underneath the surface, is a highly...

Scientists Have Now Quantified Mountaintop Removal Mining’s Destruction Of Appalachia

It’s long been known that mountaintop removal mining, which involves blasting the tops off of mountains to get to coal underneath the surface, is a highly destructive process. But just how much the practice has altered the landscape of Appalachia hasn’t been quantified — until now.

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    As for the coal industry. This is why I’m very pro-fracking, pro alternative energy, pro oil. Cause the coal literally...
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    “The study estimates that, “in southern West Virginia, more than 6.4 km3 of bedrock has been broken apart and deposited...
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