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Keywords
Climate (campaign title)
Coal
Coal mines
Coal mining
Day
Deforestation
High angle view
KWCI (GPI)
Machinery
Mountains
Mountaintop removal mining
Outdoors
Railways
Trains
Trees
Trucks
Waste disposal
Mountaintop Removal Mining
A coal train transports coal between mountaintop removal sites and processing plants daily near Welch. Thus far, over 800 square miles of mountains have been demolished due to mountaintop removal in the United States. (Image a one-quarter mile wide strip of destruction stretching from New York to San Francisco.)
Unique identifier:
GP02F8W
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
01/06/2011
Locations:
Appalachian Mountains
,
North America
,
United States of America
,
West Virginia
Credit line:
Copyright Reserved
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Surface Coal Mining in West Virginia
Mountaintop removal surface coal mining in West Virginia leaves a permanent devastating impact on the environment of Appalachian Mountains and surrounding communities.
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