Mountaintop Mining (IMAGE)

University of Wyoming

Mountaintop Mining

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A portion of the Hobet 21 coal mine in West Virginia shows the effects of mountaintop-removal mining, which, new research shows, causes many streams and rivers in Appalachia to run consistently saltier for up to 80 percent of the year.

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Fabian Nippgen

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