What is Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining?

EPA's Webpage on Surface Mining in West Virginia

https://www.epa.gov/sc-mining

Smithsonian Article on "Mining the Mountains"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mining-the-mountains-130454620/

Video: Smithsonian Channel: "The Land of Mountaintop Removal"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5RcbPZXUZo

PBS/KET Article on "Razing Appalachia"

www.pbs.org/independentlens/razingappalachia/mtop.html

EarthJustice Article: "What Is Mountaintop Removal Mining"

https://earthjustice.org/features/campaigns/what-is-mountaintop-removal-mining

Plundering Appalachia: The Tragedy of Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining

www.plunderingappalachia.org/theissue.htm

Mother Jones: "These Striking Photos Will Change the Way You Look at Coal Country"

www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/life-mingo-county-home-king-coal/

NASA Aerial Images of Southern West Virginia

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/hobet.php

Time Magazine: "In West Virginia, a Battle over Mountaintop Mining"

content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1971709,00.html

Vanity Fair: "The Rape of Appalachia"

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/05/appalachia200605

Vanity Fair: "The Violent Remaking of Appalachia"

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/the-violent-remaking-of-appalachia/474603/