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Air pollution
Climate (campaign title)
Coal
Destruction
Industrial cranes
KWCI (GPI)
Land pollution
Mountains
Mountaintop removal mining
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Water pollution

Mountain Top Removal

Aerial photograph documenting mountain top removal mining atop Kayford Mountain. 
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Documentation of Mountaintop Removal in West Virginia

Aerial photographs documenting mountaintop removal mining on Cherry Pond and Kayford mountains in West Virginia.  Mountaintop removal mining is a destructive type of surface mining at a mountain's summit.  Explosives are used to remove rock layers in order to access coal seams below.  The overburden rock is deposited in the valley, permanently scarring the mountain and burying miles of streams. 
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Unique identifier: GP03VWA 
Type: Image 
Shoot date: 30/03/2012 
Locations: Appalachian Mountains, North America, United States of America, West Virginia
Credit line: © Wade Payne / Greenpeace 
Size: 4896px × 3264px     13.35 MB 
Ranking: ★★★★ (E)