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Winds of Change Newsletter, April 2006 See sidebar for table of contents
Appalachian Spring: Or, What it looks like NOW, as opposed to what it
SHOULD look like
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| Spring bursts forth in Boone County, WV, except
where mountaintop removal mining has destroyed every single bit of
vegetation; while below. |
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| Redbud trees in full bloom fail to hide the
dreariness of rail cars loaded with coal in Mingo County. |
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| What was a beautiful Appalachian mountain, now
“reclaimed” into a biological wasteland. |
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| A Kanawha County valley fill - see the tiny
patch of grass at left? |
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| And in Boone County, the spring greenery pales
besides mountaintop removal's browns and grays. |
Ready to DO SOMETHING about it?
See Healing Mountains and
Mountain Justice Summer: MOP Up Mountaintop
Removal! |
