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Science Confirms the Abhorrently Obvious: Blowing Up Mountains Damages Environment, Human Health
Posted on January 07, 2010
Or should I say, the obviously abhorrent...The incredibly destructive coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal causes pervasive and irreversible damage to human health and the environment, according to an authoritative scientific study released today.The comprehensive and far-reaching scientific review, entitled Mountaintop Mining Consequences , was conducted by members of the National Academy of Sciences and is being published in the prestigious journal Science. The study summarized dozens of pre-existing scientific papers analyzing the impacts of mountaintop removal mining, a ...
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