This video clip shows the extensive strip mining of Appalachian mountains near Charleston, WV. The flyover was provided by SouthWings (www.southwings.org) and depicts Kayford Mountain, a 1200-acre mine operation; Brushy Fork coal slurry impoundment, which holds 9.8 billion gallons of toxic sludge; Marsh Fork Elementary School, located just 150 feet from a coal loading silo and 400 yards from a 2.8 billion toxic waste impoundment; and the town of Sylvester, a community whose health and property has been adversely affected coal dust from an adjacent mountaintop removal mining operation.
Aerial footage taken during an Eco-Justice Collaborative June 2009 delegation to Charleston, WV. Visit www.ecojusticecollaborative.org for more information.
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