During the last two decades, mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia has destroyed or severely damaged more than a million acres of forest and buried nearly 2,000 miles of streams. Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining, a video report produced by Yale Environment 360 in collaboration with MediaStorm, focuses on the environmental and social impacts of this practice and examines the long-term effects on the region's forests and waterways.
At a time when the Obama administration is reviewing mining permit applications throughout West Virginia and three other states, this video offers a first-hand look at mountaintop removal and what is at stake for Appalachia's environment and its people
Publish Date: October 14, 2009
Credits
Director: Chad A. Stevens
Cinematography: Chad A. Stevens
Photography: Chad A. Stevens , Brett Marshall, Daniel Shea, Vivian Stockman
Editor and Producer: Chad A. Stevens
Aerial Videography: Adolfo Doring, Michael Kelem, Amanda Zackem
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