The Pittsburgh Post Gazette featured a slideshow on Mountaintop Removal, Clamor’s Spring 06 cover story on its site:

Slideshow: Mountaintop Trouble

From his tiny home atop a mountain in Boone County, W.Va., Larry Gibson has a stark view of what he calls the destruction of a way of life. He’s surrounded by mountains that have been bulldozed and blasted by companies wanting valuable veins of coal. Such mining techniques are ruining the state’s legendary landscape and forcing mountain people to change the way their families have lived for generations. Maria Gunnoe, who lives in the small space between two mountains not far away, agrees. She says it’s easy to feel powerless in a state where “coal is king.” In a Post-Gazette audio slideshow, the two talk about their strong connection to the land and what it’s like to see that land change dramatically in just a few years.

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