Coalfield residents living near mountaintop removal mining sites have long suspected this terrible, destructive practice is hurting our health.
Appalachia Rising, a mass mobilization calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal coal mining, converged thousands of
coalfield residents and supporters in Washington D.C. for a conference called «Voices of the Mountains» and a mass march and action.
Not exact matches
The rights, privileges and protections you enjoy as an American are not extended to the
residents of the Appalachian
coalfields.
The treasures it offers its
residents are diverse - ranging from the largest free ranging elk herd east of Montana, the nation's most productive
coalfield, and the breeding of thoroughbred horses.