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 Stories About: coal AND deforestation AND energy AND greenhouse-gas emissions AND Kentucky
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Reece on MTR mining
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David Roberts |
06 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Erik Reese has an op-ed in the NYT about mountaintop-removal mining and a new program that shows promise in helping landscapes recover from it. Here's the nut: Appalachia's land is dying. Its fractured communities show the typical symptoms of hopelessness, including OxyContin abuse rates higher than anywhere in the country. Meanwhile, 22 states power houses and businesses with Kentucky coal. The people of central and southern Appalachia have relinquished much of the ... |
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| Topics: coal, deforestation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Kentucky (all these topics) |
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