Monday, January 15, 2007

Mountain Top Removal

by Andrea Roske-Metcalfe

As we were walking toward the mining site, I asked Larry to describe the difference between strip mining and mountain top removal. “Well,” he began, “strip mining is where they take the coal from the mountain, and mountain top removal is where they take the mountain from the coal."

Holy s***, I thought, as I stepped up to the edge of the ridge…he’s absolutely right.

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