Beheaded mountaintops and fish with curved spines

[packman]

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"... peakless mountains and curved-spine fish are the hidden consequences of coal extraction and use. The impacts are present on the landscape even before the coal is burned and remain for decades after it has been consumed. No amount of remediation can rebuild the tops of these mountains, remove the pollution that has already been released or restore the species that have been lost from these streams."

The destruction of the beauty and the nature of West Virginia, all for coal:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/wild-wonderful-west-virginias-decapitated-mountains-and-deformed-fish/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+observations%2Ffeed+%28Blog%3A+Observations%29

[SHRED]

1. "Clean Coal"

[marble falls]

2. Its truly shocking to see this stuff.

[SHRED]

3. It's an ecological nightmare

[marble falls]

4. "But at least a few of us have jobs for at least a little while." Thats what coal does: the least.

[SHRED]

5. They need better jobs

Installing rooftop solar.

[RainCaster]

6. They need an education

Until WV schools teach kids how to think for themselves, this foolishness will continue.

[boston bean]

7. It is an unconscionable blight.

Literally turns my stomach.