 Global Warming Facts and What to Do
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| In addition to being a major source of global warming pollution, coal often causes terrible environmental damage when extracted with mountain top removal methods. The video below shows the mountains, streams, and forests being destroyed so that coal can be extracted in an "economical" way. In mountain top removal coal mining, explosives are used to blast away the summits to expose the coal. The rubble is dumped in valleys, and the toxic coal slurry left over from coal processing is stored in open pits throughout the Appalachian Mountains. |
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