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November 20, 2006
Learn more about Mountaintop Removal
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As someone who has spent many months hiking in the mountains of Appalachia, I understand the need for clean water. After all, when you're backpacking in the mountains, you trust that the streams are free from contaminants, including mercury and other heavy metals - since that's where you're taking your drinking and cooking water from. But I'm only a temporary visitor to the mountains. What about the people who make their home near where mountaintop removal is taking place?
The video above is from the website iLoveMountains.org, and explains some of the many consequences of mountaintop removal mining - including the destruction and impairment of mountain streams. Already more than 1000 miles of streams have been buried as a result of mountaintop removal mining. According to the iLoveMountains.org website;
"More than 450 mountains have been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining. Watch this video (08:23) about mountaintop removal featuring Woody Harrelson and a soundtrack featuring an original recording of “Blowin’ in the Wind,” sung by Willie Nelson. Special thanks to Jeff Barrie and the Southern Energy Conservation Initiative for donating footage from the documentary Kilowatt Ours"
When you're done watching the video, please consider asking your Congressional representative to co-sponsor the Clean Water Protection Act (HR2719).
Conservation | By Jeffrey Hunter | 11:38 AM
