Removing Mountains

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Author: Rebecca R. ScottISBN: 9780816666003Publisher: University of Minnesota PressYear first published: 12 Oct 2010Pages: 296 Format: Paperback / softbackA coal mining technique p racticed in southern West Virginia known as mountaintop removal is drastically altering the terrain of the Appalachian Mountains. Peaks are flattened and valleys are filled as the coal industry levels thousands of acres of forest to access the coal, in the process turning the forest into scrubby shrublands and poisoning the water. This is dangerous and environmentally devastating work, but as Rebecca R. Scott argues in Removing Mountains, the issues at play are vastly complicated. Show more