Review of Mountain Top Mining Video

I recently came across a very touching video online. This video really amazed me. It gave me another, large-scale, example of what the world is like today. Big industries and companies will do whatever it takes in order to make an easy profit. And I mean anything.

A coal company has been doing “mountain top mining” for the past two decades in Appalachia. The system is to go on the mountaintops and literally blow off the tops of mountains in order to get far enough down to where the coal is. As a man in the video mentions, the coal company has been using three and a half MILLION pounds of explosives…...per day.

What do they do with all of the land that is reduced to rubble? They take it and dump it in the nearest streams. They have covered up and ruined hundreds, maybe thousands, of natural streams that used to hold life. People that live in the surrounding area have had their lives completely ruined from this coal mining process. When there are no trees, plants, or wildlife on top of mountains anymore then what happens to the area when it rains? Sudden flash floods happen because there are no trees and plants to hold the land down. On top of that, they have completely ruined mountains and the habitats that existed on them. It takes thousands or even millions of years for a mountain range to form. Now they are totally ruined along with the drinking water for generations to come. We need to put a stop to mountaintop mining everywhere! Especially in West Virginia so that no more hurt is caused.

To watch a video on this mountain top mining disaster, click here.
To help stop mountain top removal, click here.
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