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michael hendryx

Environment

Anti-mining protests heat up in West Virginia as evidence of damage builds

By Sue Sturgis

July 30, 2012 - Twenty people were arrested over the weekend while blocking the largest mountaintop removal operation in West Virginia. Meanwhile, scientific evidence of the human and environmental health damages caused by such mining continues to mount. Will U.S. lawmakers approve legislation imposing a moratorium?

michael hendryx

Anti-mining protests heat up in West Virginia as evidence of damage builds

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