THE HUMAN TOLL: MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING IN APPALACHIA

Katie Falkenberg

The Washington Times

A Walmart sits on an old mountaintop removal site in Logan, West Virginia. This is one example of what the coal industry says is a benefit of mountaintop removal mining -- once the mining is done, there is flat land on which to develop another economic source.

Katie Falkenberg, "THE HUMAN TOLL: MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING IN APPALACHIA," in POYi Archive, Item #43675, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/43675 (accessed June 15, 2025).