Here is a post that I contributed to the New York Times in response to an excellent article about mountain top removal: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/us/13lindytown.html?_r=1
Mountain top removal, like slavery, is immoral. But those who profit from it make excuses and keep blasting away the contours, habitats and beauty of the land. This story should have featured before and after scenes so the ravishment of the land could be shared, as is the resulting energy. Coal is plentiful but not cheap - the air and water pollution is not included in the cost, and loss of the land surface is incalculable. Will it take a civil war to stop this immoral destruction of our homeland?
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