Environmental protest. People marching to Blair Mountain,West Virginia,USA,in protest against the use of mountaintop removal mining. This mining technique uses explosives to remove layers of rock and soil above a coal seam. The removed material is dumped into nearby valleys. This technique has serious environmental impacts,including loss of biodiversity,water pollution and air pollution. Blair Mountain,site of a historic 1921 battle between coal miners and the industry's hired gunmen,is now threatened with mountaintop removal. Blair,West Virginia | |
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