<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7d0a5f07-c9e1-4470-b2dd-d3b7a67f0f15/3F9A7A2A-8400-43FD-8C65-C1AC61B15483/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/" href="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/" style="font-size: 11px;">webecoist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/25399C5D-82AD-49A8-BB42-6FDBD300C442" alt="mountintop-removal-mining" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><P>Mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachian Mountains is among the most destructive actions that humanity has ever taken against the planet — and it is still happening today. The long process of removing a mountaintop to access the coal underneath puts local communities at risk of <A href="http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/site/mtr_overview/" linkindex="15">water and air pollution</A> and turns entire ecosystems to rubble.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/EAF8B38A-6A0E-4ADA-BC20-D35D3D76199D" alt="west-virginia-mountains" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><P>Coal mining companies in West Virginia and Kentucky have had free picking of mountain tops to mine, with one located just 400 yards away from an <A href="http://www.ilovemountains.org/memorial/c301/" linkindex="18">elementary school</A>. While <A href="http://www.ilovemountains.org/write-your-officials/" linkindex="19">pending legislation</A> could make the process much harder, current law is built in their favor.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/8C1970F6-967D-4B54-B870-0DFBECBF6CE6" alt="1-mountaintop-removal-clearing" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><H4>Step One: Clearing the Forest</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/29E04A63-5639-4F2F-8697-45F3DDFB40C0" alt="2-mountaintop-removal-blasting" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><H4>Step Two: Blasting The Mountain</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/DE025A3D-6283-4E5F-8A10-4EE41594AE59" alt="3-mountaintop-removal-digging" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><H4>Step Three: Digging Through Debris</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/174D71BA-1B8B-4F13-A9A5-C68A3B4C2D70" alt="4-mountaintop-removal-dumping" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><H4>Step Four: Dumping Waste into Valley Fills</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/A3A29A2A-A79D-4CA5-9D97-7CA74D007A76" alt="5-mountaintop-removal-cleaning" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><H4>Step Five: Removing & Washing the Coal</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/AB0A816F-E862-4A34-9DA6-33E54D5F7DD8" alt="6-mountaintop-removal-reclamation" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/04/17/the-destructive-process-of-mountaintop-removal/"><H4>Step Six: The Cover-Up/Reclamation</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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