The heart of Appalachia has been struggling with the depreciation of coal. See how Coal River Mountain Watch is pushing for a clean switch to save their mountains.

Mountaintop removal coal mining, often described as "strip mining on steroids," is an extremely destructive form of mining that is devastating Appalachia. In the past ...

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Norfolk Southern’s history spans nearly two centuries to the earliest days of American railroading.

Keaton recently invited a forest expert to visit Kayford Mountain and survey the decommissioned mines. The coal companies have made only the …

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What is mountaintop removal mining? It is an extremely destructive form of mining that literally blows the tops of mountains to allow mining ... coal is removed ...

Teck has announced that mining at Coal Mountain Operations will be completed by the end of 2017. We are seeking feedback from First Nations, local communities ...

Mountaintop Mining: Background on Current Controversies Congressional Research Service Summary Mountaintop removal mining involves removing the top of a mountain …

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Mountaintop removal mining, a particularly destructive form of surface mining which involves literally blasting away the tops of mountains to get at the coal reserves ...

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Feb 16, 2016· As the destructive coal mining process known as mountaintop removal ebbs in Appalachia, it is leaving behind what amounts to its own grim field of ...

In Appalachia, mining companies literally blow the tops off mountains to reach thin seams of coal. They then dump millions of tons of rubble and toxic waste into the ...

Mining the Mountains Explosives and machines are destroying Appalachian peaks to obtain coal. In a West ia town, residents and the industry fight over a ...

Mar 10, 2015· A New Tack in the War on Mining Mountains PNC Joins Banks Not Financing Mountaintop Coal Removal

Coal mining is far and away the ... An estimated 800,000 acres of that forest have already been destroyed—and more than 470 mountains sheared off—by surface ...

Mountaintop removal coal mining, often described as "strip mining on steroids," is an extremely destructive form of mining that is devastating Appalachia. In just a ...

Below the densely forested slopes of the Appalachian Mountains in southern West ia is a layer cake of thin coal seams. To uncover this coal profitably, mining ...

History of coal mining in southern Appalachia, and how it radically transformed the region.

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In Appalachia, coal operators are removing the tops of mountains and burying hundreds of miles of streams with rock waste as they mine coal seams hundreds of feet ...

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A key National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine study on coal mining in the Appalachian Mountains is under review over whether it's worth the money.

iLoveMountains is the product of 14 local, state, and regional organizations across Appalachia that are working together to end mountaintop removal coal mining ...