More than 450 mountains have been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining. Watch this video of mountaintop removal featuring Woody Harrelson and a soundtrack featuring an original recording of "Blowin' in the Wind," sung by Willie Nelson.
This video is part of the National Memorial for the Mountains, hosted by www.ilovemountains.o rg.
Introductory video for the National Memorial for the Mountains, an online memorial in Google Earth that tells the story of 450 mountains destroyed by mountaintop removal.
This video is part of the National Memorial for the Mountains, hosted by www.ilovemountains.o rg.
Video produced by residents of Wise County, Virginia, who are suffering from the devastating impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining in their communities. Citizens have formed a new group, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, to fight the mining and save their communities.
This is a 2-minute abbreviated version of a mountaintop removal video featured on ilovemountains.org. The video features Woody Harrelson and shows how the mountains and culture of Appalachia are being destroyed by a new form of coal mining called mountaintop removal
July 10th, 2007 - Charleston, WV
On the steps of the State Capitol during a driving thunderstorm...
West Virginia native and 2-time Grammy Award-winning country singer, Kathy Mattea, speaks out against mountaintop removal coal mining....
McRoberts, KY, residents speak out about mountaintop removal coal mining. This video was produced by Appalshop and was provided by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, www.kftc.org. It is video is part of the National Memorial for the Mountains, hosted on www.ilovemountains.o rg
Gertie Moore is a survivor of the Buffalo Creek Flood. Interview by Kent Kessinger. For more info check out www.ilovemountains.o rg or www.appvoices.org
Mountaintop removal is a process of blowing up mountains, extracting the coal and attempting to put it back together again.
This video is part of the National Memorial for the Mountains.
Video courtesy of www.socm.org
Mississipi is a long way from the Central Appalachian mountains that are being destroyed for coal - but the IS a connection. Check out this video from iLoveMountains.org that shows the connection between mountaintop removal and Mississippi
Virtual flyover of Wise County starting in the town of Appalachia, showing high-resolution views of strip mine sites. The video ends with an overview of the county with the area that has been strip mined shown in red.
Virtual flyover of the Blair Mountain historic area, with a simulation of the proposed mountaintop removal operations.
This video is part of the National Memorial for the Mountains, hosted by www.ilovemountains.o rg.
Virtual flyover of Marsh Fork Elementary School near Sundial, WV, including an animation of proposed mountaintop removal operations.
This video is part of the National Memorial for the Mountains, hosted by www.ilovemountains.o rg.