Appalachian Apocalypse. Mountaintop removal mining (previously) has a devastating effect on the environment and local populations. The Bush administration wants to loosen regulations and expand the practice. [Via Wired Science.]
posted on Aug 25, 2007 - View this thread

Green Nazis.
posted on Oct 24, 2006 - View this thread

Mountaintop Removal Mining. Now in High Resolution. Some amazing pictures of this mining process.
posted on Oct 1, 2004 - View this thread

Centralia, PA is a small town on top of rich, seemingly inexhaustible coal reserves in rural Pennsylvania. In May of 1962, an above ground fire ignited these underground coal mines, and the fires have burned ever since, for forty years straight. The towns population (and landscape) have been decimated. More info here.
posted on Jan 11, 2003 - View this thread