Home to some of the most diverse habitats on the continent, Appalachian forests and streams are being permanently altered by mountaintop removal and valley fill mining.
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Scientists Agree: Mountain Top Removal Mining Is Stupid
Anti-MTR Activists Arrested at Massey Facility and Given $100k Bail
Two MTR activists were arrested yesterday while protesting at Massey Energy’s regional
headquarters in Boone county, W.Va. Magistrate Snodgrass set their bails at $100,000 each for misdemeanor charges of trespassing, conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, obstructing an officer, and littering.
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Breaking: EPA Gets Crafty, Proposes Veto of Mine Permit Under Clean Water Act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its proposal under the Clean Water Act to significantly restrict or prohibit mountain top mining at the Spruce No. 1 surface mine in Logan County, W. Va. Spruce No.1 mine is one of the largest mountaintop removal operations ever proposed in Central Appalachia.
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