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In the dumps

Posted on July 01, 2008

By Kate Sheppard The practice of mountaintop removal (MTR) has gotten more attention from environmental and social justice advocates in recent months, including the Goracle himself. Mountaintop removal is a crime and ought to be treated as a crime, Gore said in April. He was addressing the audience at the 2008 Nashville Film Festival, where he presented director Michael O'Connell the 2008 Reel Current Award for his film, Mountain Top Removal. The practice continues largely unfettered, however, and it has become an ever-more-common method of gaining access to coal reserves. But a gr...

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