Mountaintop Removal Mining - Opposing

     Mountaintop Removal Mining is a new and controversial method of mining. Coal companies seem to want to tell you what you want to hear but never the scary reality of this dangerous industry. Coal companies claim to be able to fix the areas that are destroyed during the process of surface mining, but the truth is, the mountains will never be the same. Animal and plant species will likely never return. Leveled out mountaintops are rarely used for business development. The health hazards mining sites pose to communities include a higher mortality rate, respiratory problems and asthma flare-ups. Large lakes of coal slurry called impoundments are often located just above entire communities that could be wiped out if the impoundment were to fail. There is much more permanent damage done than the short term benefits surface mining creates.