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Keywords
Aerial view
Air pollution
Climate (campaign title)
Coal
Destruction
KWCI (GPI)
Land pollution
Mountains
Mountaintop removal mining
Roads
Water pollution
Mountain Top Removal in West Virginia
Aerial photograph documenting mountain top removal mining atop Kayford Mountain.
Unique identifier:
GP03VVU
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
30/03/2012
Locations:
Appalachian Mountains
,
North America
,
United States of America
,
West Virginia
Credit line:
© Wade Payne / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
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Documentation of Mountaintop Removal in West Virginia
Aerial photographs documenting mountaintop removal mining on Cherry Pond and Kayford mountains in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal mining is a destructive type of surface mining at a mountain's summit. Explosives are used to remove rock layers in order to access coal seams below. The overburden rock is deposited in the valley, permanently scarring the mountain and burying miles of streams.
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