Saturday, November 04, 2006

Eco groups use online maps in mine fight (AP)

Benny Campbell foreground holds up a photo of damages caused by mountaintop mining while McKinley Sumner background explains the problems the process has caused in their community near Vicco Ky. Oct. 30 2006. An Internet campaign dubbed 'I Love Mountains' is using Google Earth to illustrate the extent of the mountaintop removal in Appalachian communities. (AP Photo/Samira Jafari)AP - Benny Campbell experiences mountaintop mining day and night. His bed is rattled by the blasting. Gray dust blankets his porch and car if a few days go by without rain. His electricity goes out repeatedly when the coal miners accidentally knock down power lines.


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