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Smoke pours from a chimney at the Asheville Power Station. The Progress Energy owned power plant uses the most destructive form of coal mining, mountain top removal, which is flattening mountains across Appalachia. The plant produces 1,994 pounds of sulfur dioxide, 788 pounds of nitrogen oxides, and 2,629,243 tons of carbon dioxide. Its coal ash ponds are designated “high hazard” by the EPA, meaning they are likely to kill people if they spill.