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Toxic West Virginia: Mountaintop Removal- Episode 1

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FOR MORE OF TOXIC WEST VIRGINIA VISIT: http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?bccl=NDEzMjk4MjU0X19ORVdT= Meredith Danluck is a New York artist, director, and all-around amazing person who has a killer collection of power tools. VBS bumped into her a few months ago and discovered that she has been working on a film in West Virginia, a sort of impressionistic account of the current environmental catastrophe in the Appalachian Mountains. Mining companies are destroying entire mountains in order to get at the coal inside them. Quickly and efficiently, the oldest mountain range in the world is being systematically obliterated. We sent Meredith and VBS correspondent Derrick Beckles to the hills and hollers of West Virginia to show us what the end of the world looks like.

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: February 20, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Author: VBSdotTV

Length: 0:04:44
Rating: 4.30
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GhostofVoorhees (Friday 28th of November 2008 03:23:40 PM)
How many countys r u looking at???? He acts like evry job in WV is a coal miner. Have u heard about Almost Heaven West Virginia. My mother builds hovercrafts, deicers and once worked on Dale Ernhart Jr.'s personal jet. My father works in the US national Gards and been to Iraq 2 times. and there is alot of coal miners in my great state. But i hate 2 say this but my generation will be the 1 2 fix alot of things:( BTW i'm a proud West Virginian. But what should i no im just a 4.0 student. WVU 4life
3273049 (Friday 28th of November 2008 02:02:10 PM)
MTR is horrible. But there is an alternative. See the grassroots project being developed for Coal River Mountain. A wind farm on top of the mountain! We should help them get it going. No destruction; free air!
craziikinzie01 (Sunday 23rd of November 2008 07:02:15 AM)
I am a surface miner from southern wv. What this dumbass doesnt know that he probably past 15 or more old mines on his way to the active mine. He never mentioned anything about reclaimation.
dancingoncars (Sunday 30th of November 2008 02:13:19 PM)
Mountains/valley systems are important for streams/water systems. Even though trees will grow on the land again, the depressions and mountains caused by glaciers during the ice age wont just spring up again. He past old mines created using the old system of mining.
photolitherland (Wednesday 19th of November 2008 10:30:05 AM)
Disgusting.
eng1225 (Wednesday 12th of November 2008 06:49:49 PM)
Larry Gibson has not had a job in 40 years. I know.
surfaceblaster08 (Wednesday 12th of November 2008 04:29:21 PM)
Larry Gibson Doesnt live there! He's A Liar and a fake!
fizzybgood (Monday 10th of November 2008 06:13:30 AM)
Don't say a word? Forget about it - if you think we're going to shut up you can take that and stick it where the sun don't shine. Most of my extended family lives in WV, both of my grandfathers were coal miners and although I did not grow up in the area, I will continue to fight for my heritage and for my family who has to deal with the hazards of this type of mining. I will never stop, not until the practice has ended.
kb8njh (Saturday 8th of November 2008 09:18:51 PM)
I worked for 16 years in the Mine mentioned in the Paint Creek watershed. It was approx. 2900 in elevation we took off 900 feet. You see the Landscape before it is reclaimed. The property was useless the Company spent 4 million Dollars to build 1 access road 3 lane to the top. The Paint Creek Watershed while we were working stocked trout in Paint Creek 2 additional roads were built later. A Park was built for the Public by the Coal Company.
thewhitetrashmuseum (Tuesday 28th of October 2008 11:57:12 AM)
OK I finally found it, activist groups involved with this are: Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Ohio Valley Enviromental Coalition, and the West Virginia Highlands.