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time and in regions with more mountaintop removal. Among the 1.2 million American citizens living in mountaintop removal mining counties in central Appalachia

entered onto Massey Energy’s mountaintop removal 150-foot dragline machine to drop a banner that read, ‘Stop mountaintop removal mining.’ The climbers planned

them mountaintop removal mines. Some of the top findings of the report included: The number of mountaintop removal, steep slope, and surface mines exporting

Mountain facility receives coal from Central Appalachian strip mines utilizing mountaintop removal practices. Loading map... {"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false

halted blasting on a portion of Alpha Natural Resources’ Bee Tree mountaintop removal mine by ascending two trees and hanging banners that read “Stop Strip

the U.S. EPA sued Essar Group alleging in a federal lawsuit that mountaintop removal mines in three counties dumped pollutants into tributaries of the Levisa

review of mountaintop-removal permits in 2009, and 8.5 percent since the start of the 2008 recession. Grist argues that because underground mines employ more

"Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration To access additional data, including an interactive map of world coal mines, a downloadable dataset

Wildcat Surface Mine is a coal mining operation using mountaintop removal practices in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The map below shows the location

Proposed coal mines Existing U.S. Coal Plants Coal To see a listing of coal mines in a particular state, click on the map: "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information

"Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration To access additional data, including an interactive map of world coal mines, a downloadable dataset

River Basin. Red Lodge, Montana) For more details, see Mountaintop removal. Mountaintop removal mining (MTR) is a form of surface mining increasingly being

Stop Mountaintop Removal The results of nationwide poll on mountaintop removal conducted in October 2008 showed that Americans oppose mountaintop removal

from mountaintop removal mines, while the Mount Tom, Brayton Point, and Salem Harbor plants purchase coal from companies who practice mountaintop removal

mining companies and agencies Proposed coal mines Existing U.S. Coal Plants Coal To see a listing of coal mines in a particular state, click on the map: Vicki

"What's My Connection to Mountaintop Removal?" ilovemountains.org, accessed March 2010 "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration

largest producer of coal from mountaintop removal, as of 2010. Patriot mined 7,058,522 tons of coal from mountaintop removal in 2010. About 55% of Patriot's

eight counties in Kentucky where ICG and Frasure Creek operate mountaintop-removal mines are among the bottom 10 percent of U.S. counties in terms of life

Assembly. The bill seeks to outlaw the use of coal extracted from mountaintop removal mines from being burned in North Carolina coal fired power plants. On

Coal would receive a permit for a new mountaintop removal (MTR) mine in West Virginia for its Hobet mountaintop mine. A federal court ruling in the state