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Zoomed in view of a MTR site in southern West Virginia. The 200 foot tall dragline is used to remove unfathomable quantities of earth, erasing the mountain and expelling heavy metal toxins. Settlement ponds partially capture the rainwater polluted with heavy metals; the remainder are excreted into the air and watershed. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia.

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Zoomed in view of a MTR site in southern West Virginia. The 200 foot tall dragline is used to remove unfathomable quantities of earth, erasing the mountain and expelling heavy metal toxins. Settlement ponds partially capture the rainwater polluted with heavy metals; the remainder are excreted into the air and watershed. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia.