Saving Appalachian Mountains

November 27, 2009

Where common sense and environmental ethics have failed to protect Appalachian mountains from destruction, the humble mayfly may succeed. For decades, coal companies have been allowed to blast the tops off mountains, extract the coal that lies beneath, and dump the rubble into the river valleys below. Unlike strip mines on the Great Plains, where miners are required to restore the land’s original contours after they take the coal, and …

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