Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining
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Email this pageMountaintop removal mining is a form of strip mining in which coal companies use explosives to blast as much as 800 to 1000 feet off the tops of mountains in order to reach the coal seams that lie underneath.
The resulting millions of tons of waste rock, dirt, and vegetation are then dumped into surrounding valleys, burying miles and miles of streams under piles of rubble hundreds of feet deep.
Unfortunately, while Congress is moving to act, mountaintops are still being blown up all over Appalachia. But with your help, we can put a stop to it.
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Voices from the mountains
"There's 13 landslides between me and the toe of the landfill behind me. Each time it rains these landslides move. All depending on how much rain we get, sometimes they can move as much as five feet in one day. You know that eventually they're gonna wash out, and when they do, I will have another major washout there at my home."
— Maria Gunnoe, Boone County, WV
