by Erik Reece
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Moving Mountains
Mountaintop-removal mining is devastating Appalachia, but residents are fighting back 10
Posted 3 years, 9 months ago This article was originally published in Orion Magazine.Not since the glaciers pushed toward these ridgelines a million years ago have the Appalachian Mountains been as threatened as they are today. But the coal-extraction process decimating this landscape, known as mountaintop removal, has generated little press beyond the region.
A mountaintop no more.
Photo: Vivian Stockman/SouthWings.
The problem, in many ways, is one of perspective. From interstates and lowlands, where most communities are clustered, one simply doesn't see what is happening up there. Only from the air can you… Read More
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