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 Stories About: God and the Environment AND grassroots activism AND Kentucky AND mining AND religion and spirituality AND West Virginia
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Allen Johnson rallies Christians to fight against mountaintop-removal mining |
David Roberts |
07 Nov 2006 |
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| Allen Johnson. As its not-at-all euphemistic name would indicate, mountaintop-removal mining makes no effort to disguise its impact. Coal-mining companies brazenly invade Appalachian communities, blow the tops off mountains, send massive coal trucks careening up and down narrow roads, spew coal dust into the air and mining waste into the water, and terrorize reside ... |
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| Topics: God and the Environment, grassroots activism, Kentucky, mining, religion and spirituality, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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