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MOUNTAINTOP MINING (PART TWO)
Gary Anderson in Front of Coal River Mountain (Photo by Sandra Sleight-Brennan)
Mountaintop removal coal mining blows off the tops of mountains to get to a thin layer of coal. Environmentalists say there's a better way to extract energy from mountain tops. They want to put up wind turbines. Sandra Sleight-Brennan reports they believe it will mean more energy in the long term and less environmental destruction:
Website of the Coal River Wind Project
Website of the Massey Energy Company
A related article from The Environment Report
Producer: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Release Date: February 2, 2009
Running Time: 3:13