Appalachian Coal's Dirty Trail

Shows the destruction and pollution caused by mountaintop removal mining and coal use...
SOURCES:
---- The Mountaintop Removal Road Show - http://www.mountainroadshow.com/
---- Mountain Justice - http://www.mjsb.org/html/mtr.html
---- Coal Is Dirty - http://www.coal-is-dirty.com/
---- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition - http://www.ohvec.org/
---- I Love Mountains - http://www.ilovemountains.org/
---- Kentuckians For The Commonwealth - http://www.kftc.org/our-work/canary-project/resources/fight-back/smcra
---- The Union of Concerned Scientists - http://www.kftc.org/
---- Appalachian Voices - http://www.appvoices.org/
---- Wikipedia the free online Encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/
---- EIA Kids Energy - http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=coal_home-basics
---- Mad Scientist - http:www.madsci.org/posts/1262744400
---- Sludge Safety Project - http://www.sludgesafety.org/what_me_worry/heavy_metal.html
---- The Mountaintop Mining Consequences article (by a dozen concerned scientists) in the Jan. 7, 2010 issue of Science magazine - http://endmtr.com/palmer_mtr_science2010.pdf
---- The Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/mercury/control_emissions/global.htm
---- 2003 EPA Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Mountaintop Mining/Valley Fills in Appalachia - pg. III.A-6 - http://www.epa.gov/Region3/mtntop/
---- United Nations Environment Programme, The Global Atmospheric Assessment - http://www.unep.org/
---- The United States Government - http://www.usgs.gov/themes/factsheet/146-00/
---- The Environmental News Service - http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2004/2...)
---- Earth Island Institute Journal - http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/moving_mountains1/
---- Truly Eco- and Bird-Friendly Wind Turbine by Jasmine Greene on www.Care2.com - http://all-creatures.org/
---- Using Radar to Protect Birds From Wind Farms - http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/using-radar-to-protect-birds-from-win...
---- Nov. 2006 UN report - Livestocks Long Shadow - ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/A0701E/A0701E00.pdf
---- John A. McDougall, M.D. - eating healthy - www.drmcdougall.com
---------- CREDITS:
---- A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES TO:
-- Dave Cooper of www.mountainroadshow.com for lots of information, help, and photos
-- My oldest brother for his technical advice, critiques, and endless patience
---- PHOTOS BY AND FROM:
--- Vivian Stockman at www.ohvec.org - Appalachian mountain, mountaintop removal, and related photos (Airplane service for her aerial shots was provided by South Wings at www.SouthWings.org)
--- Darren Payne - Salamander and stream photos
--- www.mountainroadshow.com and anonymous friends - Blasting, sludge, valley fill, reclamation, flood, and other mountaintop removal-related photos
--- SBs (of Stinkbug Studios) oldest brother - Black cohosh blooms, bee, deer, and healthy vegan food photos
--- SBs husband - Summer mountain landscape, fall lake, and close-up of fall trees photos
--- SB - Her solar cooker in use photo
--- Wikipedia - Wikimedia Commons Photos by: Ken Thomas, Jfacew, David Jolley, Dirk Ingo Franke, Mike Schiraldi, Spiritrock4u, Alfred Palmer, Jacob Windham, OlofE, FloraFarm GmbH Katharina Lohrie, Gzirk, Ersol, Anna, Marcbel, Drw25, Miya.m, and a few anonymous photographers
--- The U.S. government and NASA (Public Domain photos)
---- 3-D THINGS:
--- Mossy Rocks by DOA Services at www.doaservices.com
--- 3-D Globe by Fringewood Design at http://cgi.fringewood.com/ with its textures from http://www.oera.net/How2/TextureMaps2.htm
--- Plug & Socket (from toaster) and Branch (dead tree) by 3d true at www.3dtrue.com
--- Eagle 2 by DAZ 3D at www.daz3d.com
--- Jessica Casual; Table Lamp; Primitives; Long Hair Evo by Kozaburo; Cane and Rounded Cube by Dimension 3D; and Tree Trunk by Runtime DNA - all came with Poser 8, a virtual 3-D animation program by Smithmicro

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Appalachian
• Mountains
• Mountaintop
• Removal
• Coal
• Mining
• Pollution
• Environment
• Global
• Warming

[furcollar]

That beautiful lane now devastated and now the gas drillers are ruining Pennsylvania villages and countryside, they stink and emit dangerous chemicals into the water.

[justanothersheeple]

coal is disgusting, but you should have left out the controversial carbon ruling, and the UN agenda 21 stuff, otherwise i would have sent it to my friends for awareness, i dont have the energy to check all your groups on sourcewatch

[AlisaCarol]

Thanks for sharing...very informative...excellent...