RAZING APPALACHIA

Mountaintop removal mining
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Arial view of West Virginia mountaintop strip mine “Heart our Mountains” banner hangs on porch railing
In the misty folds of the Appalachian Mountains, just 40 out of 300 families remain after a mountaintop removal mine takes over their land and lives. RAZING APPALACHIA shows how the townspeople are fighting to preserve their mountain home.

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