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  • A settlement pond at a MTR mining operation <br />
near Cabin Creek, West Virginia. Studies have shown that the water pollution <br />
as a result of MTR is pervasive, cumulative and irreversible.
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  • Polluted water from a Mountain Top Removal site fills this settlement pond near Cabin Creek, WV.
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  • A fragile piece of life clings to the edge of a toxic settlement pond in Prenter, WV.  Residents of Prenter have had their well water contaminated by nearby mining and many are in perilous health as a result.
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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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  • The remnants of two obliterated mountain tops have been shoved into the valley to create a "valley fill". The green area is a series of settlement ponds meant to capture the runoff from the mine site.  Nearly 2,000 miles of streams and headwaters have been buried, polluting much of the Appalachian watershed.
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