Mountaintop removal has caused irreversible harm!

Bravo Zulu

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Wed Aug-04-10 10:52 AM
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Mountaintop removal has caused irreversible harm!

A group of scientists presented research in Pittsburgh Tuesday about the environmental impact of mountaintop removal mining, claiming that the practice had irreversibly harmed Appalachian ecosystems, damaging streams and increasing the risk of flooding.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10216/1077396-455.stm#ixzz0veXdsmcS

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FBaggins

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Wed Aug-04-10 10:53 AM
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1. Certainly to the mountain.

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ThomWV

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Wed Aug-04-10 11:17 AM
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2. and to the valley that used to exist between mountains, and to the stream, and to the fish, and to t

and it goes on and on down stream until hit hits you.

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hootinholler

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Wed Aug-04-10 01:15 PM
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3. The article barely scratches the surface...

Er, so to speak.

No mention of heavy metal contamination at the source of many municipal water supplies not to mention the effects on the water table and downstream wildlife. Oh native brook trout populations, Hellbenders, mayflies, there are too many species to name. Mud slides. The list goes on and on.

-Hoot

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