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Wednesday
Oct032007

Mountain Mining Called "Genocide" of Appalachia

DateWednesday, October 3, 2007 at 5:30PM

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The mining industry claims the flattening of West Virginia's mountains gives the area a head start on developing airports, prisons and golf courses. Via: Truthout  LINK

The U.S. EPA estimates that over 700 miles of healthy streams have been completely buried by mountaintop removal and thousands more have been damaged.  Via:Grist LINK

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